Textile applications of polypropylene fibers

Polypropylene (PP) fibers belong to the youngest generation of large-scale produced chemical fibers. Their production is the second largest after polyethylene terephthalate (PET) [1], 

The development of PP fibers is favored by a sufficient amount of the basic raw material, low price, easy fiber forming as well as by their physicomechanical properties which enable the wide application in fields of home textiles, technical textiles and clothing. 

The main categories of PP fibers, fibrous and related materials are the following monofilaments, multifilaments, staple fibers, nonwoven textiles (spunbonds, melt blowns), tapes, split films and others [1, 2, 3, 5]. 

The traditional basic classification of PP staple fibers is carpet, woollen, cotton types and microfibers. These fiber types differ not only in 

A fundamental portion of PP staple fibers is used in home textiles. PP staple fibers of the carpet type are used in  

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