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The contrast of UHMWPE fiber with main industrial fiber
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The contrast of UHMWPE fiber with main industrial fiber 

The specific property of main industrial fiber

Type of fiber

density

strength

modulus

Elongation at break

g/m3

N/dtex

g/d

GPa

N/dtex

g/d

GPa

%

UHMWPE
Aramid fiber
carbon-fiber(high tenacity)
carbon-fiber(high modulus)
E-glass fiber
S-glass fiber
PA fiber
PET fiber
PP fiber
steel fiber

0.97
1.44
1.78
1.85
2.60
2.50
1.14
1.38
0.90
7.86

3.1
2.05
1.9
1.2
1.35
1.85
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.2

35
23
22
14
15
21
9
9
7
2

3.0
2.9
3.4
2.3
3.5
4.6
0.9
1.1
0.6
1.77

97
41
134
210
28
34
5
10
6
25

1100
470
1500
2400
315
385
56
110
70
225

95
60
240
390
72
86
6
14
6
200

4.5
3.6
1.4
0.5
4.8
5.2
20
13
20
1.8


The contrast of light resistance

Type of fiber

Testing method of light risistance

the maintaining rate of strength

Aramid fiber

The fiber was exposed under the ultraviolet ray for 1500 hours

30

UHMWPE

The fiber was exposed the ultraviolet ray for 1500 hours

90

the fibers maintaining rate of strength after 6 months soak in the following solvents

solvent

UHMWPE(%)

Aramid fiber(%)

Sea water
10
detergent
kerosene
gasoline
methylbenzene
glacial acetic acid
1M hydrochloric acid
5M caustic alkali
29%ammonium hydroxide
Clorox solution

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
91

100
100
100
93
72
82
40
42
70
0

the contrast of processing performance among the three high performance fiber

  Processing performance/ type of fibers

PE fiber

Aramid 29

Aramid 49

carbon-fiber(high tenacity)

carbon-fiber(high modulus)

Abrasion-proof

>110×103

9.5×103

5.7×1000

20

120

Resistance to bending

>240×103

3.7×103

4.3×1000

5

2

Joint tenacityg/d

1015

67

67

0

0

circularity tenacityg/d

1218

1012

1012

0.7

0.1