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Thermoplastic film from superfine wool powder

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posted on 2009-01-01, 00:00 authored by Xin Wang, W Xu, W Li, Xungai Wang
In this paper a research work is described in which superfine wool powder was plasticised by glycerol and hot-pressed into a kind of thermoplastic film. SEM photos show that the powder is moulded into a smooth surface and is conglutinated into a continuous phase in the cross-section of the film. The glycerol content, moulding pressure, temperature and moulding time were changed in the moulding process. The sizes and thickness aw well as tensile strength, modulus, breaking elongation and breaking energy of the films were also tested to investigate the thermoplasticity and mechanical properties of the films. The best moulding techniques included a glycerol content of 30%, a moulding pressure of 5 MPa, a temperature of 160 °C and a moulding time of 5 minutes.

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Journal

Fibres & textile in Eastern Europe

Volume

17

Issue

2 (73)

Pagination

82 - 86

Publisher

Instytut Wlokien Chemicznych

Location

Lodz, Poland

ISSN

1230-3666

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, Instytut Wlokien Chemicznych

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