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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1985
Tsuneo Genba, Okayama, JP;
Akio Mizobe, Okayama, JP;
Masaki Okazaki, Okayama, JP;
Isao Sakuragi, Okayama, JP;
Kuraray Company, Limited, Kurashiki, JP;
Abstract
A fine-denier, high-tenacity, water-resistant polyvinyl alcohol fiber is produced by dissolving a polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization between 1,200 and 3,000, boric acid or a salt thereof in a proportion of 0.5 to 5 weight percent relative to said polyvinyl alcohol and an acid for adjusting a final spinning solution to pH 5 or less in water to prepare an aqueous solution containing 8 to 14 weight percent of said polyvinyl alcohol, discharging said aqueous solution as said spinning dope from a spinneret nozzle having an average orifice diameter of 0.02 to 0.04 millimeters into a bath comprising an aqueous solution containing alkali and dehydrating salt at a bath draft within a range of 10 to -60 percent, and finally stretching the resulting tow at least 10-fold. The fine-denier fiber thus obtained has a marked reinforcing effect on various materials, particularly inorganic hydraulic materials such as cement.