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    Vectran is a manufactured fiber, spun from a liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) created by Celanese Corporation and now manufactured by Kuraray. Chemically...
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  • Building). As of June 2007[update], Kuraray was the sole worldwide producer of Vectran liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibre. The company is listed in the first...
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  • nylon, but can incorporate other materials such as polyurethane, Zyex, Vectran, Kevlar, and other materials. Multi-filament strings offer better elasticity...
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    Nike Flywire is a thread, composed of vectran or nylon, developed by Nike to minimize weight and maximize support, and used in the upper part of a sneaker...
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    Sailcloth (section Vectran)
    soft feel. But PBOs have poor resistance to both UV and visible light. Vectran is a polyester-based high performance LCP (liquid crystal polymer) produced...
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  • Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-19. "Vectran". Vectran Fiber, Inc. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2017-06-12...
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    The Cortez Fly Motion instituted flywire: a lightweight thread made of Vectran placed in the upper of the shoe, which further reduced the weight of the...
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    deflated once safely on the ground. The airbags were made of Vectran, like those on Pathfinder. Vectran has almost twice the strength of other synthetic materials...
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    and can last several years. Liquid crystal polymers such as Kevlar and Vectran (strength per strand = 31.8 kg (70 lb), stretch = 0.8%) are polymer materials...
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  • material. In these blends, the UHMWPE fibers are blended with, for example, Vectran. In skydiving, UHMWPE is one of the most common materials used for suspension...
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    Research Labs also developed an extended FORTRAN-based language called VECTRAN for processing vectors and matrices. Object-Oriented Fortran was an object-oriented...
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  • (artificial, not synthetic) PLA (2002) M-5 (PIPD fiber) Orlon Zylon (PBO fiber) Vectran (TLCP fiber) made from Vectra LCP polymer Derclon used in manufacture of...
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    Polymer Acrylic Aramid Twaron Kevlar Technora Nomex Microfiber Modacrylic Nylon Olefin Polyester Polyethylene UHMWPE Spandex Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Zylon...
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    Kevlar Marlan PET film Silica Aerogel Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment Twaron Vectran Mera, Hiroshi; Takata, Tadahiko (2000). "High-Performance Fibers". Ullmann's...
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    Others Innegra S Nylon Textile Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene Vectran Hillermeier, Karlheinz (1984). "Prospects of Aramid as a Substitute for...
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    collisions. Innegra S Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene Twaron Vectran Mormann, Werner; Hellwich, Karl-Heinz; Chen, Jiazhong; Wilks, Edward S...
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  • Technora also has fire resistant properties which can be beneficial. Vectran Strickland, Amanda. "'Dare mighty things': The man behind the secret message...
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  • Bibcode:2017JPoSB..55..395K. doi:10.1002/polb.24287. ISSN 1099-0488. "Vectran molecular structure". Archived from the original on 2012-06-05. Retrieved...
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    stronger than steel spokes. Synthetic fiber Aramid Technora Twaron Dyneema Vectran Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature - IUPAC Recommendations...
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    Polymer Acrylic Aramid Twaron Kevlar Technora Nomex Microfiber Modacrylic Nylon Olefin Polyester Polyethylene UHMWPE Spandex Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Zylon...
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    UHMWPE 24 52 0.97 UHMWPE fibers (Dyneema or Spectra) 2,300–3,500 0.97 Vectran   2,850–3,340 1.4 Polybenzoxazole (Zylon) 2,700 5,800 1.56 Wood, pine (parallel...
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  • stiffness and impact resistance. Fibers Kégresse track Nylon Technora Vectran "Twaron®". FibrXL. Retrieved 2024-05-25. "Twaron®". FibrXL. Retrieved 2024-05-25...
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  • strength Used in medical and chemical instrumentation, also in guitar picks Vectran aromatic polyester High thermal and chemical stability. Golden color. Has...
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    2009. Cubic Tech Corp produces CTF3 with a wide variety of fibers such as Vectran, carbon, Kevlar, etc. In August 2013 it was announced that Cubic Tech Corp...
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    acid dissociation follows this equation: HOC6H4CO2H ⇌ HOC6H4CO−2 + H+ Vectran is a manufactured fiber, spun from a liquid crystal polymer. Chemically...
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    Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) (also known as Spectra or Dynema), Vectran, and Technora. Fore-and-aft rigged vessels have rigging that supports,...
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    for rope-making include polypropylene, nylon, polyesters (e.g. PET, LCP, Vectran), polyethylene (e.g. Dyneema and Spectra), Aramids (e.g. Twaron, Technora...
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    poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole), aramids (Kevlar, Technora, Twaron), Vectran, carbon fibers, ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE, Dyneema...
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  • Lunarlite Foam materials. Flywire is a new technology made up of thin wires of vectran fibers, which are 5 times stronger than steel and never lose strength....
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    double braided rope with a high-performance fiber core (e.g. Dyneema, Vectran) For conventional stranded ropes, the ends of the rope are tucked (plaited)...
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