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Reinforcing fibrous material
Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Inc
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Filing: 1988-07-21
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Granted: 1991-03-19
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Expires: 2008-07-21
Abstract
Abstract Reinforcing fibrous material having an improved adhesion, consists essentially of a surface-treated, molecularly oriented, silane-crosslinked ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibre, wherein the measurement is conducted under restraint conditions by using a differential scanning calorimeter, the crosslinked polyethylene fibre has at least two crystal melting peaks (Tp) at temperatures higher by at least 10 DEG C than the inherent crystal melting temperature (Tm) of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene determined as the main peak at the time of the second temperature elevation, the heat of fusion based on these crystal melting peaks (Tp) is at least 50% of the whole heat of fusion, and the sum of heat of fusion of high-temperature side peaks (Tp1) at temperatures in the range of from (Tm + 35) DEG C to (Tm + 120) DEG C is at least 5% of the whole heat of fusion, and wherein the crosslinked polyethylene fibre has a surface containing at least 8 carbon atoms, especially at least 10 carbon atoms, per 100 carbon atoms, as determined by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis.
Inventors
- 👤 Suguru Tokita
- 👤 Hajime Inagaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 10:45
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01F; D01F6/00; D01F6/44; D01F6/50; D01F6/02; D01F6/04; D01F11/00; D01F11/04; D01F11/06; D01F6/46; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/298; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A reinforcing fibrous material having an improved adhesion, which consists essentially of a surface-treated molecularly oriented, silane-crosslinked ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber, wherein, when the measurement is conducted under restraint conditions by using a differential scanning calorimeter, the crosslinked polyethylene fiber has at least two crystal melting peaks (Tp) at temperatures higher by at least 10° C. than the inherent crystal melting temperature (Tm) of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene determined as the main peak at the time of the second temperature elevation, the heat of fusion based on these crystal melting peaks (Tp) is at least 50% of the whole heat of fusion, and the sum of heat of fusion of high-temperature side peaks (Tp1) at temperatures in the range of from Tm+35)°C. to (Tm+120° C. is at least 5% of the whole heat of fusion, and wherein the surface-treated crosslinked polyethylene fiber has a smooth surface containing at least 8 oxygen atoms per 100 carbon atoms, as determined by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), with the width of surface cracks in the orientation direction controlled below 0.1 μm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
A reinforcing fibrous material having an improved adhesion, which consists essentially of a surface-treated molecularly oriented, silane-crosslinked ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber, wherein, when the measurement is conducted under restraint conditions by using a differential scanning calorimeter, the crosslinked polyethylene fiber has at least two crystal melting peaks (Tp) at temperatures higher by at least 10° C. than the inherent crystal melting temperature (Tm) of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene determined as the main peak at the time of the second temperature elevation, the heat of fusion based on these crystal melting peaks (Tp) is at least 50% of the whole heat of fusion, and the sum of heat of fusion of high-temperature side peaks (Tp1) at temperatures in the range of from Tm+35)°C. to (Tm+120° C. is at least 5% of the whole heat of fusion, and wherein the surface-treated crosslinked polyethylene fiber has a smooth surface containing at least 8 oxygen atoms per 100 carbon atoms, as determined by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), with the width of surface cracks in the orientation direction controlled below 0.1 μm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the surface-treated fiber is a fiber obtained by grafting a silane compound to polyethylene having an intrinsic viscosity (η) of at least 5 dl/g as measured at 135° C. in decalin as the solvent, shaping the grafted polyethylene into a fiber, drawing the fiber, crosslinking the drawn silane-grafted fiber and subjecting the silane-crosslinked fiber to a plasma treatment or a corona discharge treatment.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the surface-treated fiber has an orientation degree (F) of at least 0.90.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the surface-treated fiber has an elastic modulus of at least 20 GPa and a tensile strength of at least 1.2 GPa.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 1, wherein the surface contains at least 10 oxygen atoms per 100 carbon atoms as determined by ESCA.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 2, wherein said plasma treatment is effected in an atmosphere selected from the group consisting of air, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium and mixtures thereof; at a pressure of 10 -4 to 10 Torr; at a treatment energy of 20 to 300 W; for a treatment duration of 1 to 600 seconds.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 6, wherein said plasma treatment is effected in an atmosphere of air or oxygen.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 6, wherein said pressure is 10 -2 to 5 Torr.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 6, wherein said treatment energy is 50 to 200 W.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 6, wherein said treatment duration is 5 to 300 seconds.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 2, wherein said corona discharge treatment is effected utilizing an electrode spacing of 0.4 to 2.0 mm; and a treatment energy of 0.4 to 500 W/m 2 /min.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 11, wherein said electrode spacing is 0.7 to 1.5 mm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 11, wherein said treatment energy is 10 to 500 W/m 2 /min.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 11, wherein said treatment energy is 25 to 200 W/m 2 /min.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The reinforcing fibrous material as set forth in claim 1, wherein in the surface-treated fiber, the width of surface cracks in the orientation direction is below 0.08 μm.
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