Melamine fiber

Melamine fiber is mainly used in heat- and flame-resistant applications, especially in the manufacture of protective clothing for the iron, steel, and automobile industries, in aircraft and... 

FIGURE 12.3 Atomic force microscopy (AFM) phase images of A, unaged and B, aged melamine fiber filaments at a scan area of 5 X 5 p,m. Arrows indicate direction of major fiber axis. (From Rajeev, R.S., Bhowmick, A.K., De, S.K., Gong, B., and Bandyopadhyay, S., J. Adh. Set Technol., 16, 1957, 2002. With permission.)... 

Analysis of the Thermogram of Melamine Fiber in Nitrogen Atmosphere, at a Heating Rate of 10°C/min ... 

Adhesion of melamine fiber to rubber matrices Rajeev et al. found that the dry bonding system consisting of resorcinol, hexamethylene tetramine and hydrated silica effectively reinforces EPDM [64], maleated EPDM [118], and nitrile mbber matrices [119]. They observed increase in tensile... 

Mechanical Properties and Cure Rate Index of the Mixes—Role of Dry Bonding System on the Reinforcement of Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer (EPDM) Rubber with Melamine Fiber ... 

The polarity of the matrix helps to improve the adhesion between melamine fiber and rubber because of the polar-polar interaction between the fiber and the matrix [118]. The presence of fiber in the absence of bonding system showed only marginal improvement in tensile strength (from 1.5 to 1.6 MPa) in the case of EPDM rubber-melamine hber composites. However, maleated EPDM rubber-melamine hber composites showed more than 50% improvement in tensile strength in the absence of the bonding system [118]. This is because of the presence of maleic anhydride groups, which imparts polarity to the mbber. 

FIGURE 12.10 Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of the section analyzes of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) rubber-melamine fiber composites. A, composite containing no dry bonding system B, composite containing resorcinol, hexamine, and silica in the concentrations 5, 3, and 15 phr, respectively. 

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