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The chemistry, manufacture, and tensile behavior of polyamide fibers 381
Figure 12.15 Spherulite.
1-Fibril,
2-Crystallites,
3-Partially extended molecules in the interfibrillar
regions,
6
4-Tie molecules in the interlamellar amorphous
regions,
5-Free chain ends, 5
6-Voids and interfibrillar amorphous region
4
3
4
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l
2
d
1 10 nm
D
Figure 12.16 Morphological model for nylon-6 fiber (Murthy et al., 1990).
into an oriented fiber structure of increased strength and stiffness. The mechanisms
governing microstructural rearrangement and orientation here are very complex.
The structures of drawn and thermally stabilized polyamide fibers are described by
the complex morphological model shown in Fig. 12.16.
