Accession Number:

ADA064552

Title:

Oxidative Stabilization of Acrylic Fibers. IV. Moisture Sensitivity.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Warner,S. B.
• Peebles,L. H. , Jr.
• Uhlmann,D. R.

Report Date:

1979-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

Stabilized acrylic fibers are very hygroscopic. Dried fibers rapidly equilibrate under ambient condition with a gain in moisture of about 8 wt. percent and concurrently elongate about 1.5 percent. Author

Descriptors:

• *ACRYLIC RESINS
• *HYGROSCOPICITY
• *SYNTHETIC FIBERS
• STABILIZATION
• SENSITIVITY
• OXIDATION
• MOISTURE

Subject Categories:

• Textiles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE