Author:Hargitai, H; Racz, I; Anandjiwala, RDDate:2006Nonwoven mats from hemp and polypropylene fibres in various proportions were produced and hot pressed to make composite material. The effect of hemp fibre content and anisotropy in nonwoven mats resulting from the carding technology were ...Read more
Author:Hargitai, H; Racz, IDate:Sep 2005Non-woven mats from hemp and polypropylene fibres in various proportions were produced and hot pressed to make composite material. The effect of hemp fibre content and anisotropy in non-woven mats resulting from the carding technology were ...Read more
Author:Mahlangu, T; Chetty, A; Maity, Arjun; Rossouw, CDate:Oct 2012The aim of this study was to develop PP-g-PNIPAAm (gNWF) non-woven 3D scaffolds using an oxyfluorination-assisted graft polymerisation (OAGP) method. A further objective was to quantify the graft yield and
to characterise the physical and ...Read more
Author:Ojijo, Vincent O; Sadiku, ERDate:Jun 2017This chapter discusses the strategies employed in enhancing the wear performance of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). A brief overview of the polyolefins, their structure, and tribological characteristics and applications is presented. ...Read more
Author:Kumar, R; Kumar, R; Ofosu, ODate:Oct 2015The commodity articles from polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are widely used in today’s world. To reduce the carbon footprint, biopolymers such as polylactic acid (PLA) as commodity plastics are also explored. Often, these polymers ...Read more
Author:Trollip, NGDate:Oct 1985The discovery of heterogeneous stereospecific catalyst systems by Ziegler and Natta 1953 heralded the birth of a wide variety of new polymers such as highly crystalline (isotactic) polypropylene.Read more
Author:Boguslavsky, L; Tsehloane, CDate:Nov 2008The main function of textile filter media in air filtration is to control air pollution. Air filtration plays an important role in improving air quality and hygiene. The demands for air quality and hygiene at work places have increased greatly ...Read more
Author:Patanaik, A; Anandjiwala, RDDate:Jun 2008This article presents the results from a study on the cross-plane water flow through the needle punched nonwoven geotextiles produced from polypropylene fibers. Different types of nonwoven geotextiles are produced by varying the processing ...Read more