Morphology and structure of constituent fibres in thermally bonded nonwovens

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-509

  Wang, Xiao Yan ^a   Gong, Rong Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Fibres; Morphology; Nonwovens; Thermal bonding

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBERS; MOLDS; MORPHOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MOULD MATERIALS; THERMAL BONDING; THERMAL-INDUCED SHRINKAGE;

NONWOVEN FABRICS;

ANATOMY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLDS; NONWOVENS;

EID: 33744830051     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200500385     Document Type: Article

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