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This chapter concludes the findings of the research that focused on the fabrication and characterisation of nanofibres of polypropyle (PP) by meltblowing. The use of pure polymers in meltblowing during the preliminary experiments, without any fluid injection resulted in the production of fibres with average diameters of several hundred micrometres. Subsequent results showed that nanofibres can be fabricated by meltblowing with the application of various fluids (air, nitrogen (N2) and water) into the vent port of commercial meltblowing equipment. The nanofibres showed variability in fibre diameter. Four types of meltblown PP fibres were observed in this study: circular, ribbon-shaped, fused and branched fibres.
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Nayak, R. (2017). Conclusions: Meltblowing. In: Polypropylene Nanofibers. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61458-8_9
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