TY - JOUR
T1 - Tensile strength of solution-spun, ultradrawn ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers. 1. Influence of fiber diameter
AU - Bastiaansen, C.W.M.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - The influence of fiber diam. on the tensile strength of soln.-spun, ultradrawn, ultrahigh-mol.-wt. polyethylene (UHMWPE, mol. wt. >103 kg/mol) fibers was studied. Fibers with a wide range of diams. were produced by varying the polymer concn. in soln. and by applying a drawdown to the fibers. The tensile strength of drawn fibers was compared at a const. Young's modulus in order to eliminate the influence of morphol. parameters, such as degree of chain orientation and extension, on the fracture behavior. The tensile strength of UHMWPE fibers was independent of the fiber diam. Fiber fracture was initiated by mol. events, such as chain scission. [on SciFinder (R)]
AB - The influence of fiber diam. on the tensile strength of soln.-spun, ultradrawn, ultrahigh-mol.-wt. polyethylene (UHMWPE, mol. wt. >103 kg/mol) fibers was studied. Fibers with a wide range of diams. were produced by varying the polymer concn. in soln. and by applying a drawdown to the fibers. The tensile strength of drawn fibers was compared at a const. Young's modulus in order to eliminate the influence of morphol. parameters, such as degree of chain orientation and extension, on the fracture behavior. The tensile strength of UHMWPE fibers was independent of the fiber diam. Fiber fracture was initiated by mol. events, such as chain scission. [on SciFinder (R)]
U2 - 10.1016/0032-3861(92)91061-6
DO - 10.1016/0032-3861(92)91061-6
M3 - Article
SN - 0032-3861
VL - 33
SP - 1649
EP - 1652
JO - Polymer
JF - Polymer
IS - 8
ER -