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HETEROFILAMENT [1 record]

Record 1 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

... a bicomponent filament with a core of high melting point polymer surrounded by an outer coaxial sheath of lower melting point polymer.

CONT

A special technique of introducing a second polymer into a thermally bonded geotextile is to incorporate some heterofilaments within the geotextile matrix. These filaments simply consist of one polymer enclosed within a sheath of another polymer. A good thermal bond can be achieved between all the constituent filaments provided the outer sheath is made from the same polymer as any monofilaments within the geotextile matrix.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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