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Title
X-ray microdiffraction study of chain orientation in poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide)
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Abstract
Single fibers of poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPTA; trade names: Kevlar(29), Kevlar(49), and Kevlar(149)) have been scanned through a 3 mu m diameter X-ray beam and the degree of orientation (f(c)) determined at every point. All samples show a gradient in f(c) values from the skin to the core. The highest degree of orientation was found at the edges of the fibers. This effect is particularly strong for Kevlar(29). In addition, ripples in orientation were observed along the fiber axis for Kevlar(29), but on a smaller scale than the transversal gradient. Upon tensile deformation up to about 3 GPa applied stress, the transversal f(c) anisotropy is gradually reduced and disappears at the highest stress values. Kevlar(29) attains at about 1.5 GPa applied stress the same degree of orientation as Kevlar(49).
Language
English
Source (journal)
Macromolecules / American Chemical Society. - Washington, D.C.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 1999
ISSN
0024-9297
DOI
10.1021/MA990267M
Volume/pages
32 :23 (1999) , p. 7859-7865
ISI
000083775500020
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