Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Peter Kleinschmidt

Ulrich Reinehr

Gerhard D Wolf

Toni Herbertz

Francis Bentz

Hermann-Josef Jungverdorben

Alfred Nogaj

Frank Druschke

Hans E Kunzel

Christian Pieper

Peter Hoffmann

Gunther Blankenstein

Hydrophilic polyacrylonitrile filaments or fibres where at least one filament-forming synthetic polymer is wet spun in a spinning solvent and wherein the spinning solvent has added to it from 10 to 20% by weight of a substance which is readily miscible with the spinning solvent and a washing liquid and is a nonsolvent for the polymer to be spun.

Process for the production of hydrophilic polyacrylonitrile filaments or

The invention relates to a process for the production of hydrophilic filaments and fibres from a filament-forming synthetic polymer by a wet- or dry-spinning process which comprises introducing into the spinning solvent from 5 to 50% by weight of a substance with special properties defined herein and from 0.05 to 5% by weight of at least one surface-active compound as well as to hydrophilic filaments and fibres produced by such process.

Process for the production of hydrophilic fibres and filaments of

The invention relates to hygroscopic filaments and fibres of synthetic high polymers. The improved hygroscopicity compared with known synthetic fibres is due to the fact, that in a conventional dry-spun process a liquid is added to the spinning solvent which liquid has a higher boiling point than the spinning solvent used, which liquid is readily miscible both with the spinning solvent and water and which represents a non-solvent for the polymer to be spun.

Process for hygroscopic, fibres and filaments of synthetic polymers

The invention relates to a bi-component filament or fibre of a fibre-forming synthetic polymer having a core/sheath structure in at least one component and having a moisture absorption of at least 1.5% at 65% relative atmospheric humidity and at a temperature of 21.degree. C. and a moisture absorption of at least 5% at 90% relative atmospheric humidity and 21.degree. C. and a water-retention-power of at least 10% as well as to a process for the production thereof.

Hydrophilic bi-component threads

High molecular weight aromatic copolyamides which contain a small proportion of structural units having 2,3-(1H,3H)-quinazoline dione rings are disclosed. The presence of quinazolinedione ring units in the copolyamide results in an increased moisture absorption capacity. By using small amounts of quinazoline dione units, the good physical properties of the corresponding quinazoline dione-free polyamide are substantially retained while the moisture absorption is significantly increased. Larger amounts of quinazoline dione units than contemplated (15 mol percent and more) do not improve the moisture absorption further and adversely affect the physical properties. The copolyamides are useful in textile applications in which the improved moisture absorption serves to make clothing prepared from such textiles more comfortable.

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