Nylon 6 fibers have been produced by high speed melt spinning method in the range of take-up velocity 500 to 7, 000m/min. Birefringence of the fibers enormously increased within an hour after spinning. The increase in the birefringence can be interpreted as the result of the crystallization induced by water which penetrates from the surface of the fiber. The increase in the birefringence showed a maximum at a take-up velocity 2, 000m/min, and above 4, 000m/min, became small and the stable fiber structures were observed.
Birefringence of conditioned fibers drastically increased with an increase in take-up velocity up to 3, 000m/min, and on the subsequent increase in the velocity a little increase in the birefringence was observed. On the other hand, there was no change in the density of the fiber until 3, 000m/min and after that, the density began to increase significantly. These results suggest that big change in the fiber structure arises at 3, 000_??_4, 000m/min. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction patterns were analyzed based on the three structures, viz., α, γ and pseudohexagonal (
h) structures. Until the take-up velocity reached 5, 000m/min, (γ+
h) crystalline index (
Iγ+h) increased and α crystalline index (
Iα) decreased. On the other hand, from 5, 000 to 7, 000m/min,
Iγ+h decreased and
Iα increased. Initial Young's modulus and tenacity showed maxima at 5, 000m/min (25g/d, 4.5g/d respectively). Extension at break decreased with an increase in take-up velocity and reached 75% at 7, 000m/min. Peculiar change in the crystalline indices and the mechanical properties above 5, 000m/min can be explained in terms of the heterogeneity in the cross section of the filaments.
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