ELECTROLESS PLATED ARAMID SURFACES

• Main Authors: GOULD, RICHARD, BURCH, ROBERT, RAY, JR, LEE, KIU-SEUNG, PHILLIPS, BRIAN, ROSS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 31.07.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS

Conductive fibers of a combination of aramid and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) are disclosed having a strongly bonded metal coating applied by electroless plating. PVP increases adhesion of the fiber surface to the electroless plating. The preferred aramid is poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide).