UHMWPE fiber has the following main properties:
🔹high specific strength and high specific modulus: its specific strength is more than ten times that of steel wire of the same section.
🔹Low density: the density is 0.97 ~ 0.98g/cm³, can float on the water.
🔹excellent impact resistance and cutting resistance: low fracture elongation, large fracture work, has a strong ability to absorb energy
🔹chemical corrosion and wear resistance : has good chemical corrosion resistance and wear resistance, suitable for a variety of harsh environments
🔹 Other features: resistance to ultraviolet radiation, neutron and gamma rays, high specific energy absorption, low dielectric constant, high electromagnetic transmittance.
UHMWPE fibers are widely used in many fields due to their excellent properties:
🔹bulletproof material: because of its high specific strength and bulletproof performance, UHMWPE fiber has become the main material for the manufacture of body armor, gradually replacing aramid fiber.
🔹rope and fishing nets: it is also widely used in the manufacture of rope and fishing nets, especially in Europe and America
🔹labor protection: used for making anti-cutting gloves and other labor protection articles .
🔹automobile industry : there is a certain demand in the painting process of automobile production