Production and characterization of polypropylene fiber upon addition of selective peroxide during melt spinning and comparison with conventional polypropylene fibers

In the present work, effect of selective peroxide on reactor grade polypropylene (PP) (known as V30S) during melt spinning process on the physical and thermal properties of as-spun resultant multifilament yam was studied. Attempts have also been made to compare this yam sample with other fiber samples produced from reactor and controlled rheology grades polypropylene. The results show that the multifilament yarn spun from V30S/Peroxicle sample shows higher birefringence and tensile strength and also lower modulus, elongation at break, and shrinkage compared with that of spun from pure V30S granule. Density and thermal behavior studies show low variations compared with original sample. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.