Issue 11/2015 - Shanghai Petrochemical Corporation launches antistatic acrylic fiber

When undressing in winter, there is often a "crackling" sound, which is caused by static electricity and affects the comfort of
dressing.
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical has developed an antistatic acrylic fiber, which can help improve the electrostatic problem of acrylic clothing, and has excellent heating performance, which brings good news
to people who are afraid of cold in winter.
Recently, the antistatic acrylic fiber has achieved industrial mass production, and the first batch of 5 tons has gone off the production line and entered the chemical fiber market
.

Ordinary chemical fibers have poor conductivity, and the accumulated electrostatic charge is difficult to release, which is easy to cause electric shock, dust and other particles to people, which not only affects the comfort of dressing, but also hinders the beauty
of clothing.
Antistatic fibers are treated with antistatic agents and added conductive materials to accelerate electrostatic charge discharge, so that the fibers are not easy to accumulate electrostatic charges and solve the problem of
static electricity.

Tested by Shanghai Institute of Quality Supervision and Inspection, the resistivity of this batch of antistatic acrylic fiber is 4.
0×108 ohm cm, which has good conductivity and easy electrostatic discharge
.
After the back-end spinning and weaving, the antistatic performance of the back-end product is tested by a professional company, and its electrostatic charge escape half-life is 0.
1 seconds, and the electrostatic discharge speed is very fast
.

In addition, tested by the Japan Textile Inspection Association, Shanghai Petrochemical antistatic acrylic fiber also has good heating performance
.
Under test conditions, it is nearly 10°C higher than conventional acrylic fabrics and shows good heat generation performance
.
This performance helps the product to be used in markets such as thermal underwear
.
(Chemical)