FIBER SPECIFICATION

GENERAL
FIBRES	POLYAMIDE 6 & 6.6 (PA)	Polyester (PES)	POLYPROPYLENEMultifilament (PP)	POLYPROYLENE(HIGH TENACITY) (PP)	POLYETHYLENE (PE)	High Modulus POLYETHYLENE (UHMWPE)	ARAMID	Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP)	PBO
BRAND NAME	Nylon® Perlon® Enkalon®	Diolen® Treveria® Dacron®	Hostalen® Softlene® Leolene®	Leolene® Arova® Betelon®	Lupolen® Vestalen® Wetalen®	Dyneema® Spectra®	Twaron® Technora® Kevlar® Heracron®	Vectran®	Zylon®
TENACITY OF YARN CN/dTex	7-9	7-9	App.6	App.8	App.4,5	35	20-25	20	37
SPECIFIC GRAVITYKg/dm³	1,14	1,38	0,91	0,91	0,95	0,97	1,44	1,41	1,52
REDUCTION IN TENACITY WHEN WET%	5-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WATER ABSORPTION %	1-7	0,5-2	0	0	0	0	2-5	1	0,6
KNOT STABILTY %	60-65	55-60	55-65	55-65	50-60	35-50	30-35	30-50	35-55
UV RESISTANCE	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT	GOOD ONLY WHEN TREAT	GOOD ONLY WHEN TREAT	GOOD	EXCELLENT	POOR	POOR	POOR
BREAKING STRETCH%	14-28	10-18	14-17	15-16	10-19	3,8	3,4	3,3	2,8
CREEP	SLIGHT CREEP UNDER LOAD	HARDLY MEASURABLE	CREEPS AT HIGH LOADS	CREEPS AT HIGH LOADS	CREEPS AT HIGH LOADS	CREEPS AT HIGH LOADS	HARDLY MEASURABLE	IMMEASURABLE	IMMEASURABLE
RESISTANCE TO ABRASION	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	SUFFICIENT	SUFFICIENT	SUFFICIENT	VERY GOOD	UNSATISFACTORY	GOOD	UNSATISFACTORY
WASHING TEMPERATURE °C	50-60	50-60	30	30	30	30	80-90	60	50
RESISTANCE TO ACIDS %	GOOD	GOOD	VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	PARTIALLY GOOD RESISTANCE	EXCELLENT	GOOD
RESISTANCE TO PETROLEUM BASED PRODUCTS	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT
RESISTANCE TO SOLVENTS	FORMIC ACID&ACETIC ACID AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE	Phenols, Cresols Zinc Chloride	MINIMAL REACTION	MINIMAL REACTION	MINIMAL REACTION	MINIMAL REACTION	MINIMAL REACTION	MINIMAL REACTION	MINIMAL REACTION
RESISTANCE TO ALKALI	GOOD RESISTANT AGAINST WEAK SOLUTIONS	GOOD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE	GOOD RESISTANT AGAINST WEAK SOLUTION	GOOD RESISTANT WEAK SOLUTION	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	PARTIALLY GOOD	VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD
INSULATING PROPERTIES	VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT
HIGHEST TEMPARATUREı °C	130	170	80	80	70	70	350	200	500
MELTING POINT °C	215-260	225	170	170	150	140	500 Decomposes	280	650 Decomposes

Geleneksel Lifler
PA	POLYAMIDE / NYLON	POLYAMIDE / NYLON®	1,14 Kg/dm³
PES	POLYESTER / DAKRON	POLYESTER / DAKRON®	1,38 Kg/dm³
PE	POLYETHYLENE	POLYETHYLENE	0,95 Kg/dm³
PP	POLYPROPYLENE	POLYPROPYLENE	0,91 Kg/dm³

ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR FIBERS
HMPE	ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE	High Modulus Polyethylene	Dyneema® Spectra®	0,97 Kg/dm³
LCP	ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYESTER	Liquid Crystal Polymer	Vectran®	1,41 Kg/dm³
Aramid	ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR POLYAMIDE	Aromatic Polyamide	Kevlar® Twaron® Technora® Heracron®	1,44 Kg/dm³
PBO	Polybenzoxazole	Polybenzoxazole	Zylon®	1,52 Kg/dm³

Dyneema®
DYNEEMA IS AN UHMWPE FIBER.DSM INVENTED DYNEEMA MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN IN PRODUCTION SINCE 1990.

Vectran®
VECTRAN IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTIFLAMENT YARN SPUN FROM LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER(LCP) PRODUCED BY KURURAY IN JAPAN.

Kevlar®
IN THE 1960S DUPONT DEVELOPED KEVLAR IN RESPONSE TO THE LIMITED BREAK STRENGTH AND INITIAL MODULUS OF THE,AT THAT TIME,LEADING MAN-MADE FIBER,NYLON AND POLYESTER.

Twaron® Technora®
TECHNORA IS A PARA-ARAMID FIBER MADE FROM CO-POYMERS AND PRDUCED FROM PPOLY-PARAPHENYLENE TEREPHTHALAMIDE.

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