Tensile properties of polypropylene fibers

Emmanuel Richaud (1) , Bruno Fayolle (1) , Peter D. Davies (2)

1 PIMM - Laboratoire Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux
2 IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer

As soon as it appeared on the market, half a century ago, polypropylene appeared as a promising fiber-forming polymer but with some difficulties in processing due to a lack of control of its viscoelastic properties and in durability due to its low stability to oxidation. These difficulties were progressively resolved in the last decades by a sharper control of synthesis conditions, e.g., of stereoregularity and molar mass distribution, and by a better knowledge of oxidation and stabilization mechanisms. These research efforts allowed polypropylene to invade a very wide range of fibre applications, from disposable diapers to geotextiles.

Mots clés: Durability , Embrittlement , Mechanical properties ,Polypropylene ,Processing, Stabilization ,Structure

Domaines: Matériaux

Emmanuel Richaud, Bruno Fayolle, Peter D. Davies. Tensile properties of polypropylene fibers. Handbook of Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres : The Textile Institute Book Series, Elsevier, pp.515-543, 2018, 978-008101272-7;978-008101886-6. ⟨10.1016/B978-0-08-101272-7.00014-6⟩. ⟨hal-02569111⟩