Abstract: A process and materials made by the process which includes a bicomponent fiber, made of a nonconductive first component, including a first fiber-forming polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 6,6, cellulose, polypropylene cellulose acetate, polyacrylonitrile and copolymers of polyacrylonitrile; a conductive second component, including carbon particles and a second fiber-forming polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 6,6, cellulose, polypropylene cellulose acetate, polyacrylonitrile and copolymers of polyacrylonitrile; and a conductive third component, including a polymer selected from the group consisting of polypyrrole and polyaniline, said polymer formed in situ and being interspersed among at least a portion of the carbon particles of the second component.

Abstract: A process and materials made by the process which includes a bicomponent fiber, made of a nonconductive first component, including a first fiber-forming polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 6,6, cellulose, polypropylene cellulose acetate, polyacrylonitrile and copolymers of polyacrylonitrile; a conductive second component, including carbon particles and a second fiber-forming polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 6,6, cellulose, polypropylene cellulose acetate, polyacrylonitrile and copolymers of polyacrylonitrile; and a conductive third component, including a polymer selected from the group consisting of polypyrrole and polyaniline, said polymer formed in situ and being interspersed among at least a portion of the carbon particles of the second component.

Abstract: An acrylic fiber tow which includes 1) monocomponent filaments of each of two acrylonitrile polymers differing in hydrophilic properties, 2) bicomponent filaments of both of said polymers having one interface between polymers components and 3) bicomponent filaments of both of said polymers having more than one interface between polymer components. This fiber, however, in spite of its composition of numerous filaments of differing structure provides a tow bundle having a desirable level of reversible crimp measured in a manner specific to the type of crimp designated.

Abstract: An acrylic fiber tow is disclosed which comprises 1) monocomponent filaments of each of two acrylonitrile polymers differing in hydrophilic properties, 2) bicomponent filaments of both of said polymers having one interface between polymers components and 3) bicomponent filaments of both of said polymers having more than one interface between polymer components. This fiber, however, in spite of its composition of numerous filaments of differing structure provides a tow bundle having a desirable level of reversible crimp measured in a manner specific to the type of crimp designated.Also disclosed is a method for wet-spinning the novel fiber using a static mixing unit in conjunction with a spinnerette normally used for wet-spinning monocomponent filaments.

Abstract: This process for making antistatic filaments utilizes a specific mixture of compounds in order to suffuse electrically conductive particles into a filamentary polymeric substrate by forwarding the substrate through a grooved roll-type mix applicator. The mixture comprises a dispersion of the electrically conductive particles in liquid solvent which is a mixture of formic acid and a member selected from the group consisting of an amide, a carboxylic acid other than formic acid, an alcohol, an ester, a ketone, an ether, and a hydrocarbon. The process provides advantages over the prior art in permitting the use of high processing speeds, enabling easy stringup, and allowing the use of knotty and/or slubby filamentary substrates.

Abstract: There is disclosed a melt-spun acrylonitrile polymer fiber of improved dye intensity and reduced shade change due to hot-wet processing.

Abstract: A hydrophilic, water-absorbing acrylonitrile polymer fiber is obtained when the fiber is structured from a hydrophilic acrylonitrile polymer so as to contain a water-hiding cavity and to have a filament denier in the range of about 0.75-2.0.

Abstract: A method for the production of melamine/aldehyde filaments by reacting a crystalline melamine and a solid aldehyde generating compound in a single pass reactor and extruding the resultant molten mass through a spinnerette into a reaction chamber maintained under specific temperature conditions and in the presence of air is disclosed.

Abstract: A self-crimping, melt-spun acrylonitrile polymer fiber comprising as the continuous fiber matrix a first polymer comprising from about 80 to about 99 weight percent acrylonitrile and from about 1 to about 20 weight percent of one or more monomers copolymerizable with acrylonitrile and heterogeneously dispersed within said fiber matrix a second polymer incompatible with said first polymer.

Abstract: A self-crimping, melt-spun acrylonitrile polymer fiber comprising as the continuous fiber matrix a first polymer comprising from about 80 to about 99 weight percent acrylonitrile and from about 1 to about 20 weight percent of one or more monomers copolymerizable with acrylonitrile and heterogeneously dispersed within said fiber matrix a second polymer incompatible with said first polymer.

Abstract: Spinning of a melt of water and an acrylonitrile polymer containing hydrophobic moieties through a spinnerette into a steam-pressurized solidification zone results in improved fiber when the amount of water in the melt is in the lower half of the range necessary to provide the melt under the conditions of extrusion, the amount of hydrophilic moieties contained in the polymer are sufficient to control the rate of release of water from the extrudate, the steam conditions in the solidification are sufficient to prevent formation of a separate water phase, and drying of the resulting extrudate under conditions of temperature and humidity to remove water therefrom while avoiding formation of a separate water phase.