ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Five series of two-component blend filaments, comprising nylon 6 (N6) and nylon 66 (N66), nylon 610 (N610), nylon 11 (N11), nylon 12 (N12), or poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), were prepared by using a research spinning machine and a conventional drawing machine. The microstructure and the physical properties of the resultant filaments were evaluated with a tensile tester, a optical microscope, a density-gradient column, and a DTA instrument. When both components were mixed homogeneously so that they would form a three-dimensional network, the tensile properties of the blend filament were at least equivalent to the values predicted from those of both components. On the other hand, as in the cases of 30/70 and 70/30 N6-PET, when the minor component was discretely distributed as short fibrils in the matrix of the major component, the blend filament had an extremely weak tenacity. A supertenacity filament was obtained from 50/50 N6-N610. The marked increase of the tensil strength and the initial modulus of 50/50 N6-N610, about 12 g/den and 520 kg/mm2, respectively, may be due to a significant increase in the crystallinity and the orientation of the blend.
Additional Material:
17 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1973.170111017
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