Phosphonated PBI fiber
AssigneePBI Performance Products, Inc.
InventorsBrian P. Shiels, Gregory S. Copeland, Feng Qin
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Abstract
A fiber is made with a polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymer with a phosphoric acid pick-up (APU) in the range of 1-25% (PBI-p fiber). The PBI-p fiber may have a LOI ≥50% and/or an initial thermal decomposition temperature in air of ≥555° C. A method of making a phosphonated polybenzimidazole fiber comprises the steps of: spinning an untreated PBI resin into a PBI fiber; treating the PBI fiber with phosphoric acid, and thereby obtaining a PBI fiber with 1-25 wt. % phosphoric acid APU.
Claims12
A textile fiber for a garment comprises a polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymer with a phosphoric acid pick-up (APU) in the range of 4-20% resulting in a phosphonated PBI and having a LOI (Limiting Oxygen Index) per ASTM2863 of ≥47%, wherein the fiber has a denier from 0.1 to 1.0 denier per filament (dpf), wherein the PBI polymer is selected from the group consisting of poly-2,2′-(biphenylene-2″2′″)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole;
- poly-2,2′-(biphenylene-4″4′″)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole;
- poly-2,2′(1″,1″,3″trimethylindanylene)-3″5″-p-phenylene-5,5′-bibenzimidazole:
- 2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole/2,2-(1″,1″,3″-trimethylindanylene)-5″,3″-(p-phenylene)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole copolymer:
- 2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5-bibenzimidazole-2,2′-biphenylene-2″2′″-5,5′-bibenzimidazole copolymer:
- poly-2,2′-(furylene-2″,5″)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole;
- poly-2,2′-(naphthalene-1″,6″) -5,5′-bibenzimidazole;
- poly-2,2′-(naphthalene-2″,6″)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole:
- poly-2,2′ameylene -bibenzimidazole:
- poly-2,2′-octamethylene-5,5-bibenzimidazole;
- (m-phenylene)-diimidazobenzene;
- pol -2,2′-cyclohexenyl-5,5′-bibenzimidazole;
- poly -2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5′-di(benzimidazole)ether;
- poly-2,2′-(m-phenylene) -5,5′-di(benzimidazole)sulfide:
- poly-2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5′-di(benzimidazole)sulfone;
- poly-2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5′-di(benzimidazole)methane;
- poly-2,2″-(m-phenylene)-5,5″-di(benzimidazole)propane-2,2;
- and poly-ethylene-1,2-2,2″-(m-phenylene)-5,5″-dibenzimidazole)ethylene-1,2 where the double bonds of the ethylene croups are intact in the PBI polymer.
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