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Article: Polymer additive for polypropylene hygiene nonwoven fabrics.(Hygiene)
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- Medical Textiles
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Ciba Specialty Chemicals has launched a new peroxide-free polymer modifier for nonwoven fabrics used in, for example, diapers and other hygiene products.
The Basel, Switzerland-based company says Ciba Irgatec CR 76 allows producers of nonwoven fabrics to use standard polypropylene spunbond grades or recycled granules from fibre scrap to design meltblown nonwoven fabrics that have significantly enhanced liquid-barrier properties and mechanical properties (e.g. tensile strength) over existing products.
The technology of Irgatec CR 76 is said to reduce viscosity of the melt, thereby controlling the degradation of the ...