Process if making fine fiber material
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1. A method of making a fine fiber material comprising a fiber having a diameter of about 0.01 to 0.5 micron and a surface coating having a thickness of less than about 100 Å
- , the method comprises forming a solution comprising a lower alcohol, water or mixtures thereof and about 3 to about 30 wt % of a polymer composition, other than a copolymer formed from a cyclic lactam and a C6-10 diamine monomer or a C6-10 diacid monomer, and about 2 to 25 wt % of an additive, based on the polymer composition, the additive comprising a resinous material having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 3000 and an aromatic character wherein the additive is miscible in the polymer, exposing the polymer solution to an electric field of a potential greater than about 10×
103 volts causing the solution to form accelerated strands of solution which upon evaporation of the solvent forms a fine fiber, collecting the fine fiber on a substrate and exposing the fine fiber and substrate to a heat treatment, the heat treatment raising the temperature of the fine fiber to a temperature less than the melting point of the polymer.
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Improved polymer materials and fine fiber materials can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials.
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1. A method of making a fine fiber material comprising a fiber having a diameter of about 0.01 to 0.5 micron and a surface coating having a thickness of less than about 100 Å
- , the method comprises forming a solution comprising a lower alcohol, water or mixtures thereof and about 3 to about 30 wt % of a polymer composition, other than a copolymer formed from a cyclic lactam and a C6-10 diamine monomer or a C6-10 diacid monomer, and about 2 to 25 wt % of an additive, based on the polymer composition, the additive comprising a resinous material having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 3000 and an aromatic character wherein the additive is miscible in the polymer, exposing the polymer solution to an electric field of a potential greater than about 10×
103 volts causing the solution to form accelerated strands of solution which upon evaporation of the solvent forms a fine fiber, collecting the fine fiber on a substrate and exposing the fine fiber and substrate to a heat treatment, the heat treatment raising the temperature of the fine fiber to a temperature less than the melting point of the polymer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- , the method comprises forming a solution comprising a lower alcohol, water or mixtures thereof and about 3 to about 30 wt % of a polymer composition, other than a copolymer formed from a cyclic lactam and a C6-10 diamine monomer or a C6-10 diacid monomer, and about 2 to 25 wt % of an additive, based on the polymer composition, the additive comprising a resinous material having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 3000 and an aromatic character wherein the additive is miscible in the polymer, exposing the polymer solution to an electric field of a potential greater than about 10×
- 10. A method of making fine fiber material comprising a fiber having a diameter about 0.01 to 2 microns, the fiber comprising a linear fiber forming polymer and catalyst, the method comprises forming a solution comprising lower alcohol, water or mixtures thereof and about 3 to 30 weight percent of polymer composition, exposing the polymer solution to an electric field of potential greater than a threshold potential volts causing solution to form accelerated strands of solution that dry to a fine fiber, collecting the fine fiber on a substrate and exposing the fine fiber to a heat treatment, the heat treatment raising the temperature of the fine fiber to a temperature less than the melting temperature of fiber forming polymer.
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