METHODS OF PREPARATION OF MONOLAYERS AND BILAYERS COMPRISING ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE AND BALLISTIC RESISTANT ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM

The present invention relates to polyethylene material that has a plurality of unidirectionally oriented polyethylene monolayers cross-plied and compressed at an angle to one another, each polyethylene monolayer composed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and essentially devoid of resins. T...

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Hauptverfasser: SHALOM GEVA, YUVAL FUCHS
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to polyethylene material that has a plurality of unidirectionally oriented polyethylene monolayers cross-plied and compressed at an angle to one another, each polyethylene monolayer composed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and essentially devoid of resins. The present invention further relates to ballistic resistant articles that include or incorporate the inventive polyethylene material and to methods of preparing the material and articles incorporating same.