Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

polyolefin fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A fiber produced from a polymerized olefin, such as polypropylene or polyethylene.

polynosic fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A high-wet-modulus rayon staple having a microfibrillar structure of fibers. The molecular chain length of the cellulose forming the fiber is about twice as long as in conventional rayon.

polymerization

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A chemical reaction wherein small molecules combine to form much larger molecules.

polymerize

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

To undergo polymerization. To react molecules resulting in their combining and forming relatively long-chain, large molecules.

polymer

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A high molecular weight, chain-like structure from which manufactured fibers are derived; produced by linking together molecular units called monomers.

Fully imidized, manufactured fiber formed from the condensation polymer of an aromatic dianhydride and an aromatic diisocyanate. The fiber is produced by dry spinning. It is a high-shrinkage fiber ...

polyetheretherketone fiber (PEEK)

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured fiber from polyetheretherketone polymer with high temperature and chemical resistance used in composites as a matrix material and in other industrial applications.