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This chapter concludes the findings of the research that focused on the fabrication and characterisation of nanofibres of polypropyle (PP) by melt electrospinning. Melt electrospinning of pure PP polymers (100, 300, 1000 and 2000 melt flow index (MFI)) and polymers with different additives (sodium oleate (SO), polyethylene glycol (PEG), polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and sodium chloride (NaCl)) has been successfully achieved. It was found that within limits, an increase in the temperature, applied voltage and collector distance; and a reduction of melt flow rate and spinneret size resulted in a decrease in the fibre diameter.
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Nayak, R. (2017). Conclusions: Melt Electrospinning. In: Polypropylene Nanofibers. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61458-8_5
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