US 5,514,471 AGranted

High-strength polyamide fiber

AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.

InventorsRyoji Okano, Isoo Saito, Hideo Nagahara, Michikane Tuduki

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Abstract

To provide a polyamide fiber such as polyhexamethylene adipamide fiber having high tenacity and excellent tenacity retention after vulcanization and GY fatigue life. This fiber is a high tenacity polyamide fiber, preferably a polyhexamethylene adipamide fiber comprising at least 95% by mole of hexamethylene adipamide units and having a sulfuric acid relative viscosity of at least 3.0, said polyamide fiber satisfying the requirements: (a) differential birefringence .delta..DELTA.n.gtoreq.-5.times.10.sup.-3 to 0.times.10.sup.-3, (b) long period (Dm) in the direction of fiber axis: Dm.gtoreq.105 A, and long period (De) in the radial direction of fiber: De=90 to 130 A, (c) main dispersion peak temperature (T.alpha.) in mechanical loss tangent (tan.delta.) curve as obtained by viscoelastic measurement: T.alpha..gtoreq.125.degree. C., and preferably further satisfying the requirements: (d) birefringence .DELTA.n.gtoreq.60.times.10.sup.-3, (e) crystal orientation function fc.gtoreq.0.88, and (f) amorphous orientation function fa=0.70 to 0.85.

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Dependent claims

A high-tenacity polyamide fiber comprised of a polyamide and characterized by satisfying the following requirements (a) through (f):

(a) the differential birefringence .delta..DELTA.n as defined by the equation .delta..DELTA.n=.DELTA.n.sub.s -.DELTA.n.sub.c is in the range of:
=-5.times.10.sup.-3 to 0.times.10.sup.-3,
wherein .DELTA.n.sub.s is the birefringence present at a distance of 0.9 of the distance spanning from the center to the surface of the fiber, and .DELTA.n.sub.c is the birefringence at the center of the fiber,
(b) the long period (Dm) in the direction of the fiber axis and the long period (De) in the direction perpendicular to the fiber axis satisfy the following formulae:
Dm.gtoreq.105 angstroms, and De=90 to 130 angstroms,
(c) the main dispersion peak temperature (T.alpha.) in a mechanical loss tangent (tan .delta.) curve as obtained by a dynamic viscoelastic measurement is:
T.alpha..gtoreq.125.degree. C.
(d) the birefringence (.DELTA.n) is:
.DELTA.n.gtoreq.60.times.10.sup.-3,
(e) the crystal orientation function (fc) is:
fc.gtoreq.0.88,
and
(f) the amorphous orientation function (fa) is:
fa=0.70 to 0.85.
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