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This paper outlines the application of factorial experimental design to the processing of polypropylene (PP) fibres. Two examples are given. The first covers the effect of melt-extrusion conditions on the overall orientation of the PP macromolecular chains in as-spun fibres. The second covers the effect of drawing conditions on crystallographic order and chain orientation in the first-stage drawing of as-spun PP fibres.
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Yang, R.D., Mather, R.R. & Fotheringham, A.F. The application of factorial experimental design to the processing of polypropylene fibres. Journal of Materials Science 36, 3097–3101 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017909630132
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