Wettability of grafted poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibers

Polymer Testing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 615-618

  Saïhi, Dhouha ^a   El Achari, Ahmida ^a   Ghenaim, Abdellah ^b   Cazé, Claude ^a  

^a GEMTEX   (France)

^b INSA DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cahn balance; Polyester fibers; Water repellency; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CONTACT ANGLE; COPOLYMERIZATION; FREE ENERGY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WETTING;

WATER REPELLENCY;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

CONTACT ANGLE; FREE ENERGY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MONOMERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WETTING;

EID: 0036091381     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(01)00131-3     Document Type: Article

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