POLY(ETHYLENE-2,6-NAPHTHALENEDICARBOXYLATE) FIBER FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

摘要

Poly(thylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate) (PEN) has been prepared from commercial dimethyl-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate (DM-2,6-NDC) and ethylene glycol (EG) according to the well-known transesterification/polycondensation route. PEN fibers, intended for industrial yarn applications, were obtained by melt spinning and drawing high molecular weight PEN. The properties of these yarns were measured in detail and compared with those of PET industrial yarns. The development of molecular orientation in the spinline is more pronounced for PEN than for PET. Because the yield stress is lower, PEN yarns can more easily be drawn. Breaking tenacities of PEN yarns are comparable with those of PET yarns, but the modulus is much higher and the thermal shrinkage is lower. Therefore, PEN yarns have a better dimensional stability than PET yarns. In addition, it was demonstrated that the thermal resistance of PEN yarns is better. (C) 1995 John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [References: 24]