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This is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 08/212,402, filed Mar. 14, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,427,854.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to synthetic organic fibers that contain finely divided, abrasive, inorganic particles and a process for dispersing the particles in the fibers. More particularly, the invention concerns an improvement in such fibers, wherein the inorganic particles have a surface coating of an organic polymer, which is different from the polymer of the fibers. As a result of the improvement, abrasive wear of equipment used to handle the fibers is significantly decreased.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Synthetic organic fibers typically contain finely divided inorganic particles. The particles typically are intended to serve as delustrants, pigments, fillers, stabilizers, etc. The particles can be incorporated into the fibers alone or in combination with other materials and additives. For example, Anton et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,108,684, which concerns the production of stain-resistant nylon fibers, discloses the use of a multipolymer nylon resin, in combination with the inorganic particles and other additives, to form a "master-batch" for incorporation into a nylon polymer that is melt-spun into fiber. Perrot et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,710,535, which also concerns production of master batches for nylon fibers, discloses the combination of (a) 10-50 weight % of freely divided titanium dioxide particles coated with silica and alumina and treated with a polysiloxane oil, with (b) 50-90% of a nylon-6/66 copolyamide binder.
Fibers containing inorganic particles can be very abrasive and cause excessive wear in surfaces of equipment that come into contact with the fibers. The rubbing of moving fibers, filaments, threads and yarns which contain inorganic particles can severely abrade and score the surfaces of guides, rolls, winders, knitting needles and like equipment. To decrease such abrasive wear, various methods have been suggested. For example, lubricants have been dispersed into the body of the fibers or applied to the surface of the fibers to reduce fiber abrasiveness. However, further improvements are desired.
The present inventors in their attempts to decrease fiber abrasiveness found that unexpectedly large reductions in the abrasiveness of fibers can be obtained if the inorganic particles have a thin surface coating of an organic polymer when they are incorporated into the fiber.
Polymer-coated inorganic particles, per se, are known. For example, Published German Patent Application 4,317,019, discloses for use in paints, inks, plastics and cosmetic preparations, inorganic pigments which are coated with various organic polymers, such as melamine resins, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethanes, polyesters and others. Also, Ferrigno, U.S. Pat. No. 3,024,209, discloses the use of inorganic pigments coated with a polymeric film as fillers for extending flexible and semi-rigid open-celled polyurethane plastics. Neither of these references disclose the use of such coated particles in fibers.
The present invention provides an improved synthetic organic fiber containing finely-divided inorganic particles. To reduce the abrasiveness of the fiber, the improvement of the present invention comprises the inorganic particles having a coating of an organic polymer. Typically, the coating is of a solid polymer that is not the same as the polymer of the synthetic organic fiber. The inorganic particles typically amount to in the range of 0.5 to 8%, preferably 1 to 5%, of the total weight of the fiber. The weight of the coating is typically in the range of 0.3 to 8%, preferably 2 to 5% of the weight of the inorganic particles. When the fiber is an elastomeric polyurethane fiber, the polymer of the particle coating is preferably polyamide polymer. When the fiber is a nylon fiber, the polymer of the particle coating is preferably melamine resin or polyamide polymer.
The invention also includes certain novel polymer-coated inorganic particles and a process for preparing the fibers of the invention.
The following descriptions of preferred embodiments of the invention are included for purposes of illustration and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims.
"Fibers", as used herein, means filaments, fibers, and/or yarns prepared from synthetic organic polymer. Elastomeric fibers are capable of recovering rapidly and substantially completely from a tensile elongation of at least 100%. Such elastomeric fibers include thermoplastic elastomers, spandex and the like. Spandex as used herein has its customary meaning, namely, a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long chain synthetic elastomer composed of at least 85% weight of a segmented polyurethane. For convenience, in the discussion and examples that are presented below, the following abbreviations may be used for the accompanying term:
__________________________________________________________________________PO4G Poly(tetramethyleneether)glycolMDI Methylene-bis(4-phenylisocyanate)NCO Isocyanate end groupEDA EthylenediamineMPMD 2-methyl-1,5-diaminopentaneDMAc N,N-dimethylacetamide solventDEA DiethylamineElvamide � 8063 A 46/34/20 terpolymer of polycaprolactam (nylon-6), poly(hexamethyleneadipamide) (nylon-6,6) and poly(hexamethylene sebacamide)(nylon-6, 10) having a number average molecular weight of 16,800 sold by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. of Wilmington, De.Melamine Resin A polymer of melamine and formaldehydeZylac � 100 A copolymer of various alkene monomers, formed primarily of branched polyethylene, having a number average molecular weight 650, sold by Petrolite Corporation Polymers Division of Tulsa, Ok.Cyanox � 1790 1,3,5-tris(4-t-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl- benzyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)trione, antioxidant sold by CytecMethacrol � 2462B A polyurethane of N-t-butyldiethanolamine and 4,4'-methylene-bis(cyclohexylisocyanate), manufactured by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.__________________________________________________________________________
The chemical composition of a polymer of a spandex also may be abbreviated, for example, as follows. A poly- urethaneurea made from a poly(tetramethyleneether) glycol "PO4G"! having a number average molecular weight of 1800, methylene-bis(4-phenylisocyanate) "MDI"! and a mixture of ethylene diamine "EDA"! and 2-methyl-1,5-diaminopentane "MPMD"! in a molar ratio of 90 to 10, is abbreviated as PO4G(1800):MDI:EDA/MPMD(90/10). Note that colons separate the monomers of the repeating units of the polymer, a slash (i.e.,/) between the diamines indicates that the diamines are in a mixture and the parenthetic numbers immediately following the glycol and diamine mixture respectively, refer to the number average molecular weight of the glycol and the molar ratio of the diamines in the mixture.
In accordance with the present invention, a wide range of synthetic organic fibers which contain inorganic particles have their abrasiveness importantly decreased by the presence of a polymeric coating on the particles. The invention is suitable for use fibers of polymers that can be melt-spun, dry-spun or wet-spun by conventional techniques. Preferred fibers include nylon fibers and spandex formed of a polyurethaneurea polymer. Also, in addition to reducing the abrasiveness of spandex containing inorganic particles with polymeric coatings in accordance with the invention, the coated particles also result in a significant decrease in the tackiness of the spandex.
Dispersed within the polymer of fibers of the invention are finely divided inorganic particles. The particles have an organic polymer coating on their surfaces. The organic polymer coating can completely or partially coat the surface of the particle. As used herein, the term "coated inorganic particles" is intended to include both totally coated and partially coated particles.
The polymer of the particle coating is not identical with the polymer of the fiber. If the coating polymer is initially the same as the fiber polymer, the coating polymer should be cross-linked or reacted with the surfaces of the inorganic particles before the coated particles are dispersed in the fiber polymer. Preferably, the coating polymer is solid (i.e., not liquid) and has a number average molecular weight of at least 2,500, though polymers with molecular weights as low as 600 are suitable for particle coatings according to the invention. More preferably, the polymer coating has a molecular weight of at least 15,000 and most preferably at least 25,000. It is believed that the surface tension of the coating polymer plays a role in satisfactorily incorporating the coated particles into the polymer of the fiber and that coating polymers having surface tensions of at least about 35 dynes/cm are useful. When intended for particles that are to be incorporated into fibers which are to be wet or dry spun, the polymer of the coating should be of limited solubility in the solvent used in the fiber forming process. Also, the coating on the particles should adhere to the surface of the particles sufficiently strongly so that during typical de-agglomeration operations, such as hammer-milling or sand-grinding, the coating is not damaged. Typically, the polymeric coating amounts to in the range of 0.3 to 8%, preferably 2 to 5%, of the weight of the inorganic particles.
The finely divided inorganic particles for use in the present invention typically are chosen from pigments, delustrants, stabilizers, fillers and the like. The more inherently abrasive the inorganic particles are, the more effective the invention is in reducing abrasiveness of the fiber containing the particles. The abrasive particles can be within a wide range of hardnesses and sizes. The Mohs Hardness of the particles typically is in a range of about 4 to about 9. For example, the most commonly used inorganic particles are of anatase or futile titanium dioxide, which respectively have a hardness of 5.5 and 6.5. Fibers containing very hard pigments benefit especially from the present invention. For example, fibers containing cobalt aluminate, a blue pigment, which has a hardness of about 9 and which often imparts excessive abrasiveness to the fibers are rendered much less abrasive -when the pigment is coated with organic polymer in accordance with the invention.
The size of the individual inorganic particles and more importantly, the size of agglomerates of the particles, also strongly affect the abrasiveness of the fibers that contain the particles. Best results are obtained with small particle sizes, and with very few and very small agglomerates within the fiber. Typically, the agglomerates of inorganic particles have a median size that is no greater than 20 microns, preferably no greater than 10 microns. Preferably, the median size of the primary particles is in the range 0.5 to 2 microns.
Typically, the inorganic particles amount to in the range of 0.5 to 8% of the weight of the synthetic organic polymer from which the elastomeric fiber is formed. Preferably, the particles comprise 1 to 5% of the total weight of the fiber.
Several methods can be used for applying organic polymeric coatings to inorganic particles to be incorporated in fibers of the present invention, such as spray coating techniques, coating from polymer solutions, and the like. One convenient method comprises the steps of spraying a solution or dispersion the coating polymer (e.g., a 10% solution of Elvamide�nylon multipolymer in alcohol or a 10% dispersion in water) onto the inorganic particles (e.g., titanium dioxide particles) while the particles are being vigorously tumbled, drying the thusly sprayed particles, and then deagglomerating or comminuting the coated particles. A fluid energy mill such as a stem micronizer operating at a suitable steam/particles ratio is satisfactory for the de-agglomeration/comminution step. If the inorganic particles are available as a wet filter cake instead of as dry particles, the spray-coating step can be replaced by a step in which the coating-polymer solution or dispersion is mechanically thoroughly blended with the wet cake of inorganic particles.
The polymer-coated inorganic particles may be incorporated, alone or with other additives, into the fibers by conventional means. For example, if the particles are to be incorporated into melt-spin fibers, a master-batch technique, among others, is suitable. For dry-spun or wet spun fibers, the coated particles can be included alone or along with other additives in a concentrated slurry which is then incorporated into the fiber polymer solution stream. In addition to the polymer-coated inorganic particles, other conventional agents optionally can be added to the fiber polymer at the same time. Such agents include antioxidants, thermal stabilizers, UV stabilizers, dyes, lubricating and anti-tack agents and the like. These techniques are illustrated in the Examples below.
The following test procedures were used for measuring various characteristics of the fibers described above and in the Examples below.
Two test methods were employed to measure the abrasiveness of synthetic organic fibers containing inorganic particles. The first test method is for elastic yarns. The second test method is for inelastic yarns.
The abrasiveness of a spandex elastic yarn is measured by forwarding a 40-denier (44-dtex) yarn over a 0.2-mm wide steel sinker blade from a circular knitting machine (supplied by Vanguard Supreme Division of Monarch Mfg. Co. of Monroe, NC). The sinker has a Shore Durometer T Hardness of 40. The abrasion test is performed under the following conditions. A sample spandex yarn is removed from a cylindrical yarn package with a roll-off take-off speed of 280 yards/min, is passed over the sinker blade and then to windup at 600 yd/min (548 m/min). The sinker blade contacts the yarn at the mid-point of it travel between the take-off and the windup so that the yarn is deflected from up a straight line path. The yarn makes an angle of 20 degrees between its path upstream and its path downstream of the sinker blade. The length of yarn that passes over the sinker in a given test is measured in meters. The amount of wear on the sinker is determined by image analysis of the irregular groove worn by the yarn on the sinker, using a suitable computer program. The computation involves drawing an imaginary straight line between the unworn surfaces on either side of the groove and integrating the area under the line by drawing hundreds of perpendicular lines from the straight line to the bottom of the groove. Wear, a measure of yarn abrasiveness, is reported in Table I of the Examples below in cubic microns per million meters of yarn, and is based on an average of four tests per sample.
The abrasiveness of an inelastic yarn is determined by measuring the depth of a cut made in a metal rod by passage of the yarn over the rod for a given period of time. In the Examples below, 700-den (770 dtex)/40 filament nylon-6,6 yarn is forwarded for one hour from la feed roll over a brass pin of 0.6-cm diameter and 38 Rockwell B Hardness to a draw roll under the following conditions. Upstream of the pin, a conventional water-based finish is applied to the yarn, amounting to 1.1% of the yarn weight. The feed roll is operated at a temperature of 55� C. and at a surface speed of 170 yd/min (155 m/min). The draw roll speed is 430 yd/min (393/min). The yarn travels across a 160-degree arc on the surface of the brass pin. The depth of the cut made by the yarn is determined from the difference between the starting pin diameter and the "diameter" at the cut, both measured with a dial vernier caliper. The depth of the cut is proportional to the abrasiveness of the yarn and is reported in Table II of the Examples below in millimeters.
Over-end take-off tension, a measure of the tackiness of a spandex yarn, was determined in accordance with the procedures disclosed in Hanzel et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,296.174, column 4, lines 20-45, with reference to FIG. 6 of the patent, which disclosure is hereby incorporated by reference. In accordance with this technique, measurement was made of the average tension required to remove a 183-meter sample of spandex yarn from the last third of a supply package of the yarn (i.e., the spandex that is within about 1.5 to 2 mm of the cylindrical core on which the spandex is wound) at a delivery rate of 45.7 meters per minute. During each test, about 4,000 individual tension measurements were averaged. Prior to each test, the spandex yarn sample was stored for 8 weeks after having been wound up on the cylindrical core of the package.
The Examples which follow illustrate the coating of inorganic particles by several techniques in accordance with the invention. The advantage in decreased yarn abrasiveness of yarns containing coated inorganic particles rather than non-coated particles is demonstrated with spandex elastic yarn in Example I and with nylon-6,6 inelastic yarn in Example II. Example I also demonstrates the advantage of decreased tackiness possessed by spandex yarns containing coated inorganic particles rather than non-coated particles. In the Examples, all samples of the invention are identified with Arabic numerals and Comparison Samples are identified with upper case letters. The results reported in the following examples are believed to be illustrative and representative of the invention, but do not constitute all the runs involving the indicated ingredients.
In this example, nine samples of inorganic particles coated with organic polymer are prepared and incorporated into spandex elastic yarn in accordance with the invention. Three substantially identical spandex yarns containing the same inorganic particles, but without the polymeric coating are prepared as Comparison samples. Testing of the abrasiveness and tackiness of the Sample and Comparison yarns, shows the clear advantage for the yarns made in accordance with the invention.
The polymer for the spandex was made from a capped glycol that was the reaction product of PO4G of 1800 number average molecular weight and MDI prepared with a capping ratio (i.e., the molar ratio of MDI to PO4G) of 1.63 and having a weight % NCO of 2.40 weight %. The capped glycol was chain extended with a 90/10 diamine mixture of EDA/MPMD. Diethylamine was employed as a chain terminator. The resultant PO4G(1800):MDI:EDA/MPMD(90/10) polymer was dissolved in DMAc to provide a solution having 36.8% solids. A concentrated slurry of additives in DMAc was made up and milled in a horizontal media mill. The slurry was then incorporated with the polymer solution to give concentrations (based on the weight of the polymer in the solution) of 1.5% Cyanox� 1790, 0.5% Methacrol� 2462B, 0.6% silicone oil, and 2.0% TiO2. When magnesium oxide particles were included, the MgO concentration was 1.5% and the concentration of TiO2 (not coated) was decreased to 0.5%, and 4 ppm KP-32 anthraquinone dye was added. The polymer solution with the incorporated slurry additives was then dry spun into four-coalesced-filament, 44-dtex yarns in a conventional apparatus. Prior to testing, a conventional silicone surface lubricating finish was applied to the yarns. The finish added 4% to the weight of the yarn.
The coated particles were prepared as follows.
For Samples 1 and 2, titanium dioxide particles were coated with a polyamide from a solution of the polyamide in DMAc. A 5-liter, 4-neck, round-bottom flask in a heating mantle was employed. A thermometer was inserted in one neck, a stirring agitator in another neck, and a water-cooled reflux column in another neck. Three liters of DMac and 22.2 grams Elvamide� 8063 nylon multipolymer resin were added to the flask. The mixture was heated with agitation to 75� C., and then maintained at that temperature with stirring continued for about one hour until all the Elvamide� was dissolved. A glass flannel was placed in the fourth neck, and 1 Kg of Type R-902 rutile TiO2 (Sample 1) or Type R-103 rutile TiO2 (Sample 2) was added over a two to three hour period while stirring was continued. Both types of TiO2 are available from E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE. After the addition was complete, the contents of the bag were stirred for another 30 minutes with the temperature maintained at 75� C. Then while stirring was continued, the contents of the flask were allowed to cool to room temperature. The resultant Elvamide�-coated TiO2 particles were removed from the DMAc with a sintered glass filter and then dried for 12 hours at 90� C. in a vacuum drying oven.
For Samples 3-5, Type R-103 TiO2 particles were coated with a polyamide from a solution of the polyamide in ethanol. A 2.724-Kg load of the TiO2 was placed in a large plastic bag. A 10% solution of Elvamide� in ethanol (Genial� 101, sold by General Plastics Corp., Bloomfield, NJ) was placed in a pistol-grip sprayer and sprayed directly onto the TiO2 in small increments, with rigorous tumbling of the contents of the bag between increments. The amount of polyamide coated onto the TiO2 was determined from the amount of polyamide delivered from the sprayer. After the desired amount of solution was added to the TiO2, the bag was securely closed and vigorously tumbled. The product was then dried at 120� C. for 12 hours. Sample 3 had been sprayed with 150 grams of solution to yield TiO2 particles having an Elvamide� coating amounting to 0.5% of the weight of the particle. Sample 4, which had been sprayed with 600 grams of solution, had an Elvamide� coating amounting to 2.2% of the particle weight, and Sample 5, which had been sprayed with 1.2 Kg of solution, had a coating amounting to 4.2% of the particle weight.
Sample 6 was prepared with the same equipment and by the same general procedure as was used for Samples 3-5, except that the Gental� 101 was replaced by 600 grams of Genton� 310 (a dispersion of 10% Elvamide� 8063 in water, from General Plastics Corp.). The resultant particles were coated with Elvamide� amounting to 2.2% of the particle weight.
For Sample 7, TiO2 was coated with a melamine resin as follows. Eight liters of de-ionized water were placed in a 17-liter capacity glass vessel equipped with a motor-driven stirrer. Then while the water was being stirred, 120 g of Melamine Resin Grade BTLM-817 (available from BTL Specialty Resins Corp., Toledo, OH) were slowly added and the mixture was heated to, and maintained at 75� C. while being stirred for 30 minutes. Three Kg of Type R-103 TiO2 were added over a 5-minute period. The mixture was stirred for another 10 minutes and then was allowed to cool to 25� C. The TiO2, coated with melamine amounting to 4% by weight of the particles, was filtered from the water, dried at 120� C. for 4 hours, hammer milled, and micronized in a fluid energy mill with superheated steam at 270� C. and with a steam-to-particle weight ratio of 3:1.
For Sample 8, Type R-103 TiO2 particles were coated with Zylac� 100 α-alkene polyethylene copolymer by substantially the same procedure as was used for Sample 2, with Zylac� 100 being substituted for Elvamide� 8063 nylon multipolymer resin. The Zylac� copolymer had a number average molecular weight of 650, the lowest of the coating polymers illustrated in this example,. After the filtration and drying steps of the procedure, the coated particles were hammer-milled to decrease the size of any agglomerates. The Zylac� coating on the particles amounted to 2.0% of the weight of the particles.
For Sample 9, magnesium oxide particles were coated with a polyamide by the general method used for Sample 1. One Kg of magnesium oxide (MagChem 50M, sold by Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, Baltimore, MD) 22.2 grams Elvamide� 8063, and 3 liters DMAc were used to obtain dried MgO particles that were coated with Elvamide� amounting to 2.2% by weight of the particles. To decrease the size of any agglomerates the coated particles were passed through a hammer mill.
Three samples of particles having no coating were also included in this Example; namely, Comparison Sample A which comprised non-coated R902 TiO2, Comparison Sample B which comprised non-coated R- 103 TiO2 and Comparison Sample C which comprised non-coated MagChem 50M MgO.
Each of the above-described samples of coated or non-coated inorganic particles was mixed with a slurry of additives that was to be added to the polymer/DMAc solution for dry spinning spandex. Before combining the inorganic particles and the additive slurry with the polymer/DMAc solution, the particle and additive slurries were milled to thoroughly blend and disperse the additives. The slurries incorporating Samples 1,3-8, and Comparison Sample A were each milled at a rate of 30-35 grams/min in a 1.5-liter horizontal mill (Model No. HM-1.5, made by Premier Mills Corp., Reading, PA) with Ottowa sand as the milling medium. The outlet temperature was maintained at 70� C. The slurries incorporating the coated particles of Samples 3-8 comprised, by weight, 1,000 parts DMAc, 450 parts spandex polymer and 1,050 parts of coated particles.
The slurries incorporating Sample 2 and Comparison B were milled at a rate of 45 to 50 grams per minute on a 0.25-liter horizontal mill (Model No. HML-0.25, also from Premier Mills) using zirconium beads as the media and operating with an outlet temperature of 70� C.
The slurries incorporating Sample 9 and Comparison C were milled on the HM-1.5 Mill from Premier Mills. Glass beads of 1- to 2-mm size were used as the milling medium and the mill was operated with a slurry flow of 22 g/min and a tip speed of 2,000 ft/min (609 meters/min).
The milled slurries were then added to the polymer/DMAc solution and dry-spun into 4-coalesced-filament spandex yarns. The spandex yarns were then subjected to abrasiveness tests. Some of the yarns also were subjected to tackiness (over-end take-off tension) tests. Results of the tests, summarized in Table I below, clearly demonstrate that yarns containing coated inorganic particles in accordance with the invention were significantly less abrasive than the yarns with the particles that were not coated and that particles coated with Zylac� copolymer provided the spandex yarn with the least tackiness.
TABLE I______________________________________Spandex Yarn Abrasion Tests (Example I) Tacki-Sample Particles Coating wt % Abrasion* ness+______________________________________1 R-902 TiO2 Elvamide � 2.2 0.21 0.4A R-902 TiO2 None 0 0.62 0.52 R-103 TiO2 Elvamide � 2.2 0.47 0.3B R-103 TiO2 None 0 0.73 0.43 R-103 TiO2 Elvamide � 0.5 0.49 nm4 R-103 TiO2 Elvamide � 2.2 0.47 0.45 R-103 TiO2 Elvamide � 4.2 0.46 0.46 R-103 TiO2 Elvamide � 2.2 0.44 0.47 R-103 TiO2 Melamine 4.0 0.45 nm8 R-103 TiO2 Zylac � 2.0 0.43 0.29 MgO Elvamide � 2.2 0.65 0.4C MgO None 0 0.77 0.5______________________________________ Notes: * = wear in cubic microns per 106 meters of spandex yarn. + = average tension in centiNewtons. "nm" indicates no measurement was made
This example further illustrates the invention with the preparation inelastic nylon yarns containing very hard inorganic particles of cobalt aluminate that were coated in accordance with the invention (Samples 10 and 11 ) and then compares the abrasiveness of the yarns of the invention with a substantially identical comparison yarn (Sample D), except that the cobalt aluminate particles were not coated. For each sample and comparison the particles were incorporated into the nylon fibers by conventional master batch techniques.
The coated samples of cobalt aluminate particles (Samples 10 and 11 ) were prepared as follow.
For Sample 10, 22.2 grams of Elvamide� 8063 were added to 3 liters of DMAc solvent in a 5-liter, 4-neck, round-bottom flask equipped with thermometer, condenser, and mechanical stirrer. The contents of the flask were heated to 75� C. with stirring. One Kg of cobalt aluminate powder was added to the contents of the flask. Stirring was continued for an additional 30 minutes with the temperature at 75-80� C., then cooled to room temperature while stirring. The resultant coated powder was filtered from the DMAc with a sintered glass filter, vacuum dried at 120� C. and micropulverized.
For Sample 11, 40 grams of melamine powder (Melamine Resin Grade BTLM-817, available from BTL Specialty Resins Corp., Toledo, OH) were added to 2.5 liters of de-ionized water in a 4-liter beaker and heated with stirring to a temperature of 75� C. to dissolve the melamine in the water. One kg of CoAl2 O4 particles was added to the aqueous melamine solution. The mixture was stirred for 10 minutes while being heated at a temperature in the range of 75�-80� C. Then the mixture was allowed to cool gradually to room temperature. The resultant coated CoAl2 O4 particles were filtered with a sintered glass filter, dried at 120� C. for 4 hours, and micropulverized.
The above-described coated particles were incorporated into nylon-6,6 fibers by mixing, with a conventional two-roll mill, in a 1:1 weight ratio (a) the coated inorganic particles of Samples 10 or 11, or the not-coated inorganic particles of comparison Sample D, with (b) Elvamide� 8063 multipolymer nylon (sold by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE). The resultant mixtures were coextruded with polycaprolactam to prepare a concentrate in which the inorganic particles amounted to 25% of the total concentrate weight. Then, by conventional methods, the concentrate was blended with a molten stream of poly(hexamethylene adipamide) and spun into fibers. The inorganic particles amounted to 0.4% by weight of the melt-spun fibers. Abrasiveness of the yarns was determined by the second of the above described abrasiveness test methods, in which the depth of a cut made by the yarn passing over a brass rod is measured.
The following table summarizes the test results.
TABLE 2______________________________________(Example II CoAl2 O4 Particles) Coating Cut DepthSample TMe Wt. % millimeters______________________________________10 Elvamide � 2.2 0.26711 Melamine resin 4.0 0.267D None 0 0.470______________________________________
The advantage of the coated particles is clearly shown by the table. The nylon yarn containing the coated particles abraded a cut in the brass rod that was only as deep as the cut abraded by nylon yarns that contained particles that were not coated.
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The stopping of energetic Si, P and S ions in Ni, Cu, Ge and GaAs targets.
Date: December 2001
Creator: Nigam, Mohit
Description: Accurate knowledge of stopping powers is essential for these for quantitative analysis and surface characterization of thin films using ion beam analysis (IBA). These values are also of interest in radiobiology and radiotherapy, and in ion- implantation technology where shrinking feature sizes puts high demands on the accuracy of range calculations. A theory that predicts stopping powers and ranges for all projectile-target combinations is needed. The most important database used to report the stopping powers is the SRIM/TRIM program developed by Ziegler and coworkers. However, other researchers report that at times, these values differ significantly from experimental values. In this study the stopping powers of Si, P and S ions have been measured in Ni, Cu, Ge and GaAs absorbers in the energy range ~ 2-10 MeV. For elemental films of Ni, Cu and Ge, the stopping of heavy ions was measured using a novel ERD (Elastic Recoil Detection) based technique. In which an elastically recoiled lighter atom is used to indirectly measure the energy of the incoming heavy ion using a surface barrier detector. In this way it was possible to reduce the damage and to improve the FWHM of the detector. The results were compared to SRIM-2000 predictions ...
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Growing carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition technique.
Date: May 2000
Creator: Rajan, Harihar V.
Description: Carbon nanotubes were synthesized in the laboratory using chemical vapor deposition at different methane concentration. I found that a methane concentration of 4 sccm was ideal for well recognizable carbon nanotubes. A higher concentration led to fewer nanotube growth and silicon carbide structure. Coating the sample first with Fe(NO3)3 created a catalyst base on the substrate for the nanotube to adhere and grow on.
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Josh Howard's new lease on life
He found it far from Dallas, where he appeared in the NBA Finals five short years ago
Updated: June 7, 2011, 8:19 PM ETBy Jemele Hill | ESPN.com
Sometimes, athletes have to remind us that the things they value aren't necessarily the same things that we -- fans and the media -- do.
For example, you might assume that Josh Howard, who spent seven years with the Dallas Mavericks before he was traded last February, is laced with regret right now and moping around somewhere because he isn't with his old team in the midst of its competitive NBA Finals with the Miami Heat. You might assume Howard is bitter about the perception that the ...
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We don't see too many guys out in colored or even khaki washes, but I like that Robert chose this lighter wash. I think the addition of the leather jacket and the sneakers keep the wash from looking too traditional or "preppy." Hopefully we'll see more male celebrities trying colored jeans out for press events.
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Shakira is Women's Health Magazine's April cover girl. She covered the magazine in a crop top and a bikini bottom. For her feature in the magazine, she looked casual in a pair of American Eagle Jeggings in Dark Destroy with a white tee.
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I have been at home today in Northeastern US, snowed in by the winter storm of the week, and have spent some time in front of the television mesmerized by what is unfolding in the streets of Cairo. The news footage on CNN has been terrifying as the protesters have taken to violence. Pro-Mubarak demonstrators have come into the square, and have brought small gasoline bombs and weapons. Some have come on horseback or camelback, wielding stones, machetes, pipes, and other primitive weapons. Thousands of anti-Mubarak protesters are there, but seem to be without the resources to defend themselves against their opponents. Many wounded protesters have been shown on TV. The Egyptian army is doing nothing to intervene.
American journalists who were welcomed in the square yesterday, were punched and chased into hiding today. The situation is dangerous. Reports are now telecasting from safe undisclosed locations in Cairo, and the US government is telling US citizens to get out of Egypt.
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The official SQL Server AlwaysOn team blog.
Blog : How to create multiple listeners for the same availability group
As the PM who designed the availability group listener feature, when I talked to some customers , there're 2 scenarios I realized may need to have multiple listeners for a single availability group.
Scenario 1:
This Customer has a few legacy clients and he cannot change the connection string for them. Plus, these legacy clients used to use 3 different instance names to connect to database. Now since they want to leverage AlwaysOn Availability Group Listener, without changing all legacy client connection string, they can only 1 kind of 3 client work if they switch to AlwaysOn.
We thought though 2 possible solutions: CNAME vs. Multiple listeners – the latter one is kind of my favorite secret J since from SQL you can only create 1 listener per availability group.
We compared 2 solutions below and they finally go with multiple listeners
Multiple Availability Group listeners
Scenario 2:
There's another customer told me he uses NUMA system with SQL. The interesting thing he does with SQL is to make SQL listen to multiple ports and system allocates different resources to the client based on the port it connects to. (That's barely what I learned from him)
So he also wants to configure a few more listeners when availability group comes to the picture so his original logic can still work.
How to configure
1> Setup AlwaysOn Availability Group (agsc4), skip listener creation in the wizard or T-SQL
2> Go to cluster manager , create "client access point", you can create multiple of them. (There's a quota limitation of how many computer objects you may create in one cluster – I think it's 20 by default)
3> It looks like the picture below, I created 3 listeners and assigned IPs for each of them.
We recommend you use "OR" dependencies for IPs in each listener but you can use "AND" if required. (e.g. you want a IPv4 and a IPv6 both online to make the listener online)
4> Make sure all listeners you want to create are online and associate them with your availability group resource – make sure you use "OR" in dependencies – this means as long as one listener is online your availability group is considered online and available to your clients.
5> Now if you query: sys.availability_group_listeners – you should be able to see all of them.
Note: you can see all the ports are "NULL".
6> Now, you still cannot use these listeners. You need to go back to run T-SQL to assign port for each of them.
I use 1433 (the default SQL listening port) for all of 3, you can definitely assign different port to them (as Scenario 2 described)
alter availability group [agsc4]
modify listener 'agsc4_listener1'
(port = 1433)
alter availability group [agsc4]modify listener 'agsc4_listener2'(port = 1433)
alter availability group [agsc4]modify listener 'agsc4_listener3'(port = 1433)
7> Query sys.availability_group_listeners again, you should be able to see they all have ports and SQL is listening to them.
8> Now connecting to any of the listeners you created, it should bring you to the same instance which host the availability group primary replica:
Difference between listener created through SQL and created in Cluster Manager
if you recall, in SQL Server 2012 CTP0/CTP1, we still don't have integrated manageability or T-SQL experience for our customers to create AG Listener inside SQL. After CTP1, we provided this integrated user flow in SQL. But you can still create listener through Cluster Manager.
So what's the difference and in which scenario you want to do this?
Here's a comparison between listeners created through SQL and created in cluster manager:
Listener Created by SQL
Listener Created in Windows Failover Cluster Manager
Can use immediately?
You must run T-SQL to assign the port to the listener before you can use it.
IP relation inside listener
Only "OR" for all IPs inside listener
You can customize "OR" or "AND" for IPs inside listener to meet your custom need.
(e.g. you want to have one IPv4 and one IPv6 both online to make the listener online)
RegisterAllProvidersIP = 1
SQL set this private property to 1 (or true) to make sure DNS registers all IPs inside the listener.
This is to ensure should a failover happen, your client doesn't need to resolve the new IPs from another subnet (if it's in multisubnet scenario).
If you want to get the benefits as stated in the left column – you need to run powershell script to enable this by yourself.
Can be managed through SQL
You can drop , add IP and change port of the listener
You need to check "is_conformant" value of the listeners you created outside of SQL in sys.availability_group_listeners
This property will tell you if you can manage it through SQL or not.
If it's not conformant, the only thing you can do through T-SQL is to change the port. You cannot drop it or add IPs – these need to be done through Failover Cluster Manager.
Last but not least, please use sys.dm_tcp_listener_states to check real time listener connection and status – this dmv is very helpful to trouble shoot your connectivity related issues and we newly introduced it in SQL Server 2012.
Goden Yao, Program Manager
SQL Server Engine High Availability
Good article... seems like this is a bit of a 'work around' to be able to configure multiple listeners which as mentioned above "since from SQL you can only create 1 listener per availability group". Is this true so this is not common knowledge and not documented in AG config/install guide?
Thanks in advance.
Good Article ... Thanks.
One other scenario that i am facing, we are setting up SharePoint stretch farm across multiple data centres.
These data centres are having different subnet hence one listener in one subnet cannot talk to other secondary replicas which is in a different subnet.
One way is to create to multiple listeners ... i havent tested this but hopefully this will work.
Awesome article with all required details to satisfy the own queries.
Thanks a bunch for this sharing...
this is documented in SQL Server Online help. :)
Great stuff,
Thank you.
Can you configure read-only routing with those listeners? For example if you have 3 SQL servers, 1, 2, and 3. I want one listener for read-only to go to 2,3,1 while second listener would go to 3,2,1.
Also, would same work with Windows Server 2012 R2?
Followed the process but it fails. Query of the listeners always comes up empty.
good article how do you get this to work across multiple subnets ?
If not creating multiple ones, will the AG listener become a single failure point of system? or is it just like the WSFC itself? i.e. a resource built with and for redundancy?
@Simon, if not creating multiple listeners, single listener is still HA-protected as other resources on top of WSFC.
The multiple listeners for single AG is specific for the scenarios that I described in the blog.
I have a customer where the complete SQL Server environment has been migrated to SQL Server 2012 R2 AlwaysOn. Every application uses its own Listener. This is very convenient, because when the db for an application has to be moved to another Instance, we just have to move the Listener for this application to the new cluster. Nothing has to be changed in the connection strings from the clients.
This is a huge advantage of using multiple Listeners, instead of CNames. When you move a db to another Instance, you will have to change all CNames that point to that db in DNS. The DBA has no view over the CNames, so using CNames is not a good practice, if you would ask me.
Multiple Listeners can be managed far better by DBA.


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THE ROYAL MCGREGOR PUB: "It runs in the family... all the things we are.."
OK, if you've been reading my tips especially on my separate Scotland page then by now you've probably guessed it - yes, my husband's family name is McGregor... and that makes it my new family name, too! So naturally we *had to* visit this pub, what choice did we have? ;-)
The Royal McGregor is run by - you guessed it again - the McGregor family (James, his parents Robert & Sandra; sister Susan) and together with the friendly & young staff this really ads a personal & welcoming touch to this establishment in the heart of the Royal Mile. During our visit the pub was pretty quite so the bartender took the time to chat with us about the Edinburgh Festival, some great day-trips to do outside the city, etc.
The pub has existed for many, many years but was previously known as 'Valentines' and 'The Covenanters'. This is a nicely refurbished bar that prides itself on serving Scottish & international cuisine; meals of high quality and low prices (in relation to many other pubs on the Royal Mile.)
Favorite Dish: As you can see from the pictures we had lunch here and John ordered the Steak Pie (£8.65.-) and I really enjoyed their Fish pie with mashed potatoes (£7.95.-).
The food tasted good & freshly prepared, however, I was a little suspicious as to how they had managed to put the food on our table within merely 15min of ordering it...?
The Royal McGregor also serves some general breakfast choices for only £4.95.- including tea or coffee. The couple next to us had ordered some filled baguettes with salad that also looked very good... I shall try those next time. But on this day it was cold & wet outside, and I needed some comfort food so local seafood in a creamy sauce with even creamier mashed potatoes was exactly what I needed to warm me through from the inside out.
Known for their friendly and competent staff (during our visit most of the staff were actually Australian!), the pub has somehow managed to remain *down to earth*" even with their most touristy & central location right in the centre of the Royal Mile.
At the end of our meal we ordered the bill, and I just couldn't help myself - I had to be cheeky and ask our waiter: "So, ehem... do McGregors get a discount or a free pint here?" whilst I nodded my head in John's direction.
The waiter looked at John, then grinned widely and said "Nah, sorry hen... we cannay do tha'. They all keep on askin' us... there's too many of 'em! We'd go bankrupt if we gave 'em free drinks!"
Ah well, it was worth a try...
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Monday-Thursday: 09.30am-11.00pm.
Friday & Saturday: 09.30am -01.00am.
Sundays: 09.30am-11.00pm.
Food served all day; no live music.
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Royal Mcgregor: Good food, good service
We had a very nice meal here, the food was very good and the staff were friendly and efficient. The menu offers a mix of traditional Scottish fare with modern international snacks. I would be very happy to eat here again. If you can get a seat outside, it's a very good vantage point for watching the world go by.
Favorite Dish: I had the Crofters Chicken, superb!, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Royal Macgregor: Avoid the Royal Macgregor at all costs
The Royal Macgregor, when four of us visited in 2007, provided service that was slow, unfriendly, and impolite, indeed bordering on the aggressive. The interior is rather tacky and the food unremarkable, with an exception detailed below. But the most conspicuous difficulty was the appalling service.
It took a good 10-15 minutes even to make our order for food at the bar, simply because the waitress (manageress?) was having a long chat with someone at the bar, despite a number of waiting customers. The other waiting customers became as irritated as I did, though no one complained. Later, when one of my group of four took back inside a full pint of lager into which dirt had been blown from an overhanging flower basket, he too had to wait for service, and no new pint was provided. When the food came, the cream in one of the meals seemed off, or on the verge of being off, but when this was mentioned, the waiter got the chef and waitress, who appeared together and aggressively argued the case long and hard with us, when all that was required was a civil apology and some replacement food. In the end, the experience not only fell somewhat short of being optimal, but was quite unpleasant, ruining what would otherwise have been a pleasant day in Edinburgh.
The service, unsmiling and tardy even before the final incident, was so appalling that I, a Brit taking some Canadian friends around Edinburgh, was embarassed that one of our most visited cities should have an establishment on one of its most famous streets capable of falling so far short of the most minimal and basic standards.
I very rarely dislike a pub or restaurant, but on this occasion my unequivocal advice is: avoid this pub at all costs.
Favorite Dish: Not applicable.
Royal Macgregor: Best Haggis I've ever eaten!
Small but comfortable, the Royal McGregor is simply the best Haggis I've ever had in my life. I would not claim to be an expert on the subject, but I've had my fair share. It's well located on the Royal Mile and as you're out exploring, very likely to pass it. Wait staff was friendly.
Favorite Dish: Definately the Haggis tower.
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Royal Macgregor: A good pub
It's a classical scottish pub,nothing more nothig less.You'll find a good variety of beers and you can taste local food.The food is well cooked.People that work inside the pub are friendly and funny.Lots of toursits inside 'couse the location of the pub,but also some locals(i found a man dressed with local kilt)
Favorite Dish: Try to eat local food.I think it's ever the best way to act when you are in a foreign country.If you need help ask to the people working there they are very friendly.
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It is human nature to look for the problem and the hidden meaning where there are none. And abstract art is just such a place. Take a deep breath, drop the desire to associate each color with a biography of the artist, and to find an explanation for each stroke. Guessing the riddle, have fun at the moment, dive into the mystery - long enjoyment.
By the picture to get used to.They say that abstract art slows perception. This is not surprising, it takes time to grasp such a product. How long do you have to look for work, to feel it? Watch until bored. If it interests you, you still come back to it time and again, constantly discovering something new.
Do not think about the meaning, focus on feelings.In the classical understanding: oil on canvas; watercolor on paper. And there is much more interesting. Look at the picture of what is done, what colors are used, what is the texture. Immediately get the feeling of peace or chaos, or ease tension, etc.
When you do not like it, that's fine.Not every job can capture. Nothing in this strange. Feel free to choose what you really like. Who can prove that these red circles worse than those colored bars?
Name - a hint.Well, let's say, the name of "Picture number 7" or "Untitled" is not so useful. But the effort is worthwhile. And the information about the time and place of painting tells the atmosphere and mood in which the work was created.
Where it makes no sense, you will not find it.Some artists do not care what they mean kartiny.Tak that you should not worry. Once, during an interview with the famous abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly asked about the deep sense of his series of paintings, written in 1972. "It's hard to remember. I myself today they impressed. For me, it's a mystery. " Now you understand why abstraction - it's not a puzzle?
Abstract painting is so different, it is often baffled, disgusted, but also admire. Do not have to wrestle with, or think that you do not understand anything here. It's not to understand, and to feel it is necessary. And if the picture is not vyzyvet emotions, then God bless her. Find the one that will like and enjoy, because it will be possible to watch endlessly.


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Bennington Select Board budget meeting todayJanuary 19,2013BENNINGTON The Bennington Select Board will meet this morning at 8 in whats expected to be the final of three meetings to prepare the budget that will be put before voters at town meeting in March.
The meeting will be in the conference room at the Bennington town offices. While the board is meeting at an unusual time and place, the meeting is open to the public.
At the meeting, the Select Board is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Bennington Free Library and the John G. McCullough Free Library in North Bennington. Both libraries receive money from the town every year. Unlike other agencies, the libraries appropriations are in the municipal budget and not individually approved by voters.
The Select Board hosted similar meetings on Jan. 5 and 12. While its possible the Select Board members could decide they need another meeting, Town Manager Stuart Hurd said Friday he expects todays meeting to be the last special meeting before the budget is finalized.MORE IN This Just InVermont State Police responded to a single vehicle crash on Interstate 91 southbound in Westminster. Full StoryAt about 6 p.m. Sunday the Bennington Police Department responded to 2 Bank St. Full Story
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