Claims
- 1. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluroroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and as measured along at least one direction, has a combination of average matrix tensile strength greater than about 15,000 psi and an average node height/width ratio greater than about 3.
- 2. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and as measured along at least one direction, has a combination of average matrix tensile strength greater than about 40,000 psi and an average node height/width ratio greater than about 3.
- 3. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and as measured along at least one direction, has a combination of average matrix tensile strength greater than about 15,000 psi and an average node height/width ratio greater than about 5.
- 4. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and as measured along at least one direction, has a combination of average matrix tensile strength greater than about 40,000 psi and an average node height/width ratio greater than about 5.
- 5. The porous material of claim 1-3 or 4 having average fibril length of greater than about 15 microns.
- 6. The porous material of claim 1-3 or 4 having average fibril length of greater than about 50 microns.
- 7. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and as measured along at least one direction, has a combination of average matrix tensile strength of about 49,000 psi, average fibril length of about 120 microns, and an average node height/width ratio of about 6.
- 8. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and as measured along at least one direction, has a combination of average matrix tensile strength of about 55,000 psi, average fibril length of about 74 microns, and an average node height/width ratio of about 7.
- 9. The material in claims 1-4, 7 or 8 in filament form.
- 10. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material is characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils, said material having a matrix tensile strength greater than or equal to about 3,000 psi and less than or equal to about 25,000 psi and which has a corresponding coarseness index greater than or equal to the value on a line connecting the points A, B, C, and D in FIG. 3 and defined in the following table:
- ______________________________________MATRIX TENSILESTRENGTH COARSENESS INDEXpsi (gm/cc)/psi______________________________________A 3,000 0.40B 12,000 0.40C 16,000 0.20D 25,000 0.20______________________________________
- 11. Material as in claim 10 wherein point C and point D have a coarseness index of 0.23.
- 12. Material as in claim 10 wherein point C and point D have a coarseness index of 0.40.
- 13. Material as in claim 10 wherein points A, B, C, and D have a coarseness index of 0.45.
- 14. The material in claims 10-12 or 13 in film form.
- 15. A film of the material as in claim 10-12 or 13 having a crushability less than about 10%.
- 16. A film of the material as in claim 10-12 or 13 having a crushability less than about 8%.
- 17. A film of the material as in claim 10-12 or 13 having a crushability less than about 5%.
- 18. A porous material consisting essentially of polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, which material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils and has an ethanol bubble point of less than or equal to about 4.0, wherein said fibrils include first fibrils oriented substantially perpendicular to second fibrils, and wherein the ratio of the matrix tensile strength as measured along the first fibril direction to the matrix tensile strength measured along the second fibril direction is between about 0.4 and 2.5, and the matrix tensile strength in the weaker direction is greater than or equal to about 3000 psi.
- 19. The material in claim 18 wherein the ethanol bubble point is less than about 3.0
- 20. The material in claim 18 wherein the ethanol bubble point is about 1.2.
- 21. The material as in claim 18, 19 or 20 wherein the matrix tensile strength ratio is between about 0.5 and 2.0.
- 22. The material as in claims 15, 16 or 17 wherein the matrix tensile strength is between about 0.67 and 1.5.
- 23. A film of the material as in claims 10-13, 18, 19 or 20 wherein a significant number of the nodes extend across the film thickness.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 416,465 filed Sept. 10, 1982 abandoned.
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