Extended PTFE fabrics used as high-temperature filter clothes: manufacturing technique and chemical stability evaluation

Autor: Zong-Han Wu, Ching Wen Lou, Chien-Lin Huang, Ting-Ting Li, Yu-Ming Lee, Jia-Horng Lin
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The Journal of The Textile Institute. 106:793-799
ISSN: 1754-2340
0040-5000
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2014.944819
Popis: Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) bag filters can separate or capture particles due to their porous structure. This study fabricates extended PTFE (ePTFE) fabrics with combination of two twill weaves, two warp/weft ratios, and three picking densities, after which samples are thermally treated at 100, 200, and 300°C for 60 min or treated with 98% sulfuric acid for 30 and 60 min. Influences of these parameters on mechanical properties of resulting ePTFE filter clothes are then explored. Results show that filter clothes have shrinkage below 2 and 7% when treated at 200 and 300°C for 60 min, respectively. Immersion in 98% sulfuric acid for 60 min insignificantly change appearance of filter clothes made by 2/2 twill with a warp/weft ratio of 2 × 1, indicating that ePTFE filter clothes have good dimensional stability and low shrinkage rate.
Databáze: OpenAIRE