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The present invention provides a glass fiber product having particles adhered to at least one fiber of the product, where the size and amount of particles is effective to reduce the tackiness of the glass fiber product and optionally effective to reduce interfilament bonding, and composition, and method for forming the same.
The present invention provides a glass fiber product having particles adhered to at least one fiber of the product, where the size and amount of particles is effective to reduce the tackiness of the glass fiber product and optionally effective to reduce interfilament bonding, and composition, and method for forming the same.
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1. A glass fiber product, comprising: at least one glass fiber; andparticles adhered to the at least one glass fiber, wherein:the particles have an average dimension ranging from 10 nm to 35 nm, and wherein the particles are selected from boron nitride, molybdenum diselenide, tantalum disulfide, tantalum diselenide, tungsten disulfide, tungsten diselenide, thermoplastic polyesters, thermoplastic polyurethanes, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, acrylic polymers, polyacrylonitriles, polyolefins, polyurethanes, vinyl polymers, polyviny...
1. A glass fiber product, comprising: at least one glass fiber; andparticles adhered to the at least one glass fiber, wherein:the particles have an average dimension ranging from 10 nm to 35 nm, and wherein the particles are selected from boron nitride, molybdenum diselenide, tantalum disulfide, tantalum diselenide, tungsten disulfide, tungsten diselenide, thermoplastic polyesters, thermoplastic polyurethanes, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, acrylic polymers, polyacrylonitriles, polyolefins, polyurethanes, vinyl polymers, polyvinyl alcohol, polyesters, vinyl esters, epoxy materials, phenolics, aminoplasts, polycarbonates, and mixtures of any of the foregoing; andthe at least one glass fiber is at least partially coated with a coating,wherein the particles are present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 60% by weight relative to a total weight of the coating, and wherein the coating is a residue of a coating composition and the coating composition is selected from a resin-compatible coating composition. 2. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the glass fiber product is chosen from a glass fiber strand, a glass fiber yarn, a glass fiber prepreg, and a glass fiber fabric. 3. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles have an average dimension ranging from 10 nm to 25 nm. 4. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles have an average dimension ranging from 25 nm to 35 nm. 5. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles have a multimodal distribution of average dimensions. 6. A glass fiber product according to claim 5, wherein the particles have a bimodal distribution of average dimensions. 7. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles are selected from spherical particles, cubic ellipsoidal particles, and rectangular particles. 8. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles are present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 25% by weight relative to a total weight of the coating. 9. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles are selected from hollow particles and solid particles. 10. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the particles comprise first particles and second particles, wherein the first particles differ from the second particles in at least one parameter selected from size, shape, density, organic composition, inorganic composition, hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, lipoophilicity, lipophobicity, and crystallographic structure. 11. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the tackiness of the glass fiber product without substantially increasing the tractive tension of the glass fiber product. 12. A glass fiber product according to claim 11, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the tackiness of the glass fiber product without increasing the tractive tension by more than 10% at least one pressure ranging from 25 to 40 PSI. 13. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the frictional tension by at least 10%. 14. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the frictional tension by at least 25%. 15. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the frictional tension by at least 50%. 16. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the frictional tension by at least 50 g. 17. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the average dimension of the particles is effective to reduce the frictional tension by at least 100 g. 18. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the coating composition comprises at least 1% of dispersed particles relative to the total solids content of the coating composition. 19. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the coating composition comprises at feast 2% of dispersed particles relative to the total solids content of the coating composition. 20. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the coating composition comprises at least 5% of dispersed particles relative to the total solids content of the coating composition. 21. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the coating composition is at least one of a primary sizing, secondary sizing, tertiary sizing, and a slashing composition. 22. A glass fiber product according to claim 1, wherein the product comprises fibers selected from E-glass fibers, D-glass fibers, S-glass fibers, Q-glass fibers, E-glass derivative fibers, and mixtures of any of the foregoing. 23. A glass fiber prepreg comprising a glass fiber product according to claim 1.