An investigation of fiber splitting of bicomponent meltblown/microfiber nonwovens by water treatment

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1218-1226

  Zhang, Dong ^a   Sun, Christine ^a   Song, Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersions; Fibers; Meltblown technology; Processing; Structure property relations

Indexed keywords

BICO WEB; MELTBLOWN TECHNOLOGY; MICROFIBERS; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS;

DISPERSIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYPROPYLENES; RESEARCH; THERMOPLASTICS;

BLOW MOLDING;

BLOW MOLDING; DISPERSIONS; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; NONWOVENS; POLYPROPYLENE; RESEARCH; THERMOPLASTICS;

BICOMPONENT FIBER; DISPERSION; MELT BLOWING; MICROFIBER; NONWOVEN FABRIC; SEPARATION;

EID: 6344270192     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.21036     Document Type: Article

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