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This chapter explored the industrial feasibility of using melt spinning and hot drawing process to produce PP fibre under factory conditions instead of laboratory conditions. Virgin PP fibres of high tensile strength and Young’s modulus have been successfully produced by this method. However, the production of recycled plastics with sufficient mechanical properties is still a major challenge due to degradation during their service history and heat processing stages. The aim of this chapter is to improve the tensile strength and Young’s modulus of fibres from recycled PP produced through the melt spinning and hot drawing process, and establish a relationship between mechanical properties of PP fibres with their crystallinity, crystal structure and orientation.
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Yin, S. (2017). Production and Characterisation of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Recycled PP Fibers. In: Development of Recycled Polypropylene Plastic Fibres to Reinforce Concrete. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3719-1_3
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