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The hot compaction of polypropylene fibres

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Investigation of the compaction of unidirectionally arranged high-tenacity polypropylene fibres is described. A combination of techniques, with the major emphasis being morphological studies, show that controllable “selective” surface melting is not achieved at a high enough proportion to give substantial fibre-to-fibre bonding, and hence good lateral strengths.

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  1. M. I. Abo El-Maaty

    Present address: Department of Physical Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt

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  1. J.J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, Whiteknights, University of Reading, RG6 6AF, Reading, UK

    M. I. Abo El-Maaty, D. C. Bassett & R. H. Olley

  2. IRC in Polymer Science and Technology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK

    P. J. Hine & I. M. Ward

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Abo El-Maaty, M.I., Bassett, D.C., Olley, R.H. et al. The hot compaction of polypropylene fibres. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 31, 1157–1163 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353094

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