<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Polyamide fibre containing amber particles was fabricated. The amber particles were obtained by grinding technology using planetary ball-mills. Scanning electron microscopy and granulometry testing were used to characterise the structure and the size of prepared amber particles. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to analyse the chemical structure of the amber particles. The amber particles were characterised with average size up to 3 μm. The chemical composition of amber before and after the grinding remained unchanged. The amber particles were melt-extruded using polyamide 6 as the matrix. Melt spinning processing was used to fabricate polyamide-amber filaments. Pre-oriented yarns and fully drawn yarns were obtained after hotdrawing experiments. Reported experimental findings of amber composite fibre could be important for textile applications. </p></abstract>

Polyamide fibre containing amber particles was fabricated. The amber particles were obtained by grinding technology using planetary ball-mills. Scanning electron microscopy and granulometry testing were used to characterise the structure and the size of prepared amber particles. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to analyse the chemical structure of the amber particles. The amber particles were characterised with average size up to 3 μm. The chemical composition of amber before and after the grinding remained unchanged. The amber particles were melt-extruded using polyamide 6 as the matrix. Melt spinning processing was used to fabricate polyamide-amber filaments. Pre-oriented yarns and fully drawn yarns were obtained after hotdrawing experiments. Reported experimental findings of amber composite fibre could be important for textile applications.

Manufacturing of amber particles suitable for composite fibre melt spinning

Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnologies, Rīga Technical University, Pulka iela 3/3, Rīga, LV-1007, LATVIA

Faculty of Medicine, Rīga Stradiņš University, Dzirciema iela 16, Rīga, LV-1007, LATVIA

Institute of Polymer Materials, Rīga Technical University, Āzenes iela 14/24, LV-1048, Rīga, LATVIA

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Polyamide fibre containing amber particles was fabricated. The amber particles were obtained by grinding technology using planetary ball-mills. Scanning...

Manufacturing of amber particles suitable for composite fibre melt spinning

Published Online: Jun 15, 2016

Page range: 51 - 57

Received: Mar 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2016-0007

Keywords
amber, polyamide, fibre, extrusion processing, melt spinning

© by Inga Ļ Ļašenko

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Manufacturing of amber particles suitable for composite fibre melt spinning

Published Online: Jun 15, 2016

Page range: 51 - 57

Received: Mar 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2016-0007

Keywordsamber, polyamide, fibre, extrusion processing, melt spinning

© by Inga Ļ Ļašenko

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
amber, polyamide, fibre, extrusion processing, melt spinning