TXL713
| TXL713 | |
|---|---|
| Technology of Melt Spun Fibres | |
| Credits | 4 |
| Structure | 3-1-0 |
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TXL713 : Technology of Melt Spun Fibres
[edit]Importance of transport phenomena in fibre manufacturing; Fundamentals of momentum transfer, heat transfer, mass transfer, building differential equations using shell balance and generalized equations; Polymer rheology- shear flow, elongational flow; Melt spinning lines for filament and staple fibre; Role of spin finish; Necessary conditions for fibre formation, elasticity versus plasticity of melts; Melt instabilities; Thermodynamic limitations; Force balance and heat balance in melt spinning; Low speed melt spinning; Necking and stress induced crystallization in high speed melt spinning; Effect of process parameters on fibre spinning and structure of nylon 6, PET and PP; Drawing Process and its necessity; Neck or flow deformational drawing; Drawing machines; Effect of parameters on structure development in nylon 6, PET, PP; Types of heat setting, Effect of setting parameters on structure and properties; Concept of bulking/texturing. TXL714 Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques 1 Credit (1-0-0) Relevance of advanced characterization techniques in material development; scattering techniques (SAXS/WAXS); advanced surface characterization techniques (X-ray photoelectrosn spectroscopy (XPS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS)); microscopy techniques: basics of electron-materials interaction; SEM combined with FIB techniques; TEM and cryo-TEM; chemical analysis utilizing microscopy techniques; AFM; confocal laser microscopy.