M5 fiber (polyhydroquinone-diimidazopyridine or PIPD) is a high-strength synthetic fiber first developed by the Dutch chemical firm AkzoNobel. [1] It is produced in the United States by the Magellan Systems International, which became a division of DuPont.

M5 Fiber is a new ultra high performance fiber produced by Magellan Systems International in partnership with Dupont Advanced Fiber Systems. It has extraordinary potential for use in armor systems for personnel and vehicles, flame and thermal protection, as well as in high performance structural composites.

M5® fibre (polyhydroquinone-diimidazopyridine) is a high-strength synthetic fibre developed by Dr Doetze Sikkema and his team at the Dutch chemical firm Akzo Nobel and produced by the US firm Magellan Systems International LLC.

M5 Fiber is a high-performance synthetic fiber produced by Magellan Systems and DuPont Advanced Fiber Systems. It was developed by Dr. Doetze Sikkema at Akzo Nobel. The U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center is considering it for the Future Force Warrior program.

Dec 1, 2005 · M5 offers significant advantages over both steel and carbon, which is currently used for fabrication of aerospace and automotive structural parts. When development reaches maturity, the M5 fiber is expected to offer much higher protection levels, and improved environmental (UV), and fire resistance.

M5 fibers [Northolt and Baltussen, 2001]), indicating that M5 compressive properties are expected to be on par with the compressive strength of PAN-based carbon fibers.

M5 fiber is a high tenacity and high modulus fiber that has been tested by the U.S. Army and has shown potential for use in ballistic applications. It is claimed to offer a weight savings of up to 40% in body armor systems while providing greater protection than other fibers.

This work describes the potential of M5 as an armor material and illustrates that potential by examining the ballistic impact response of composite materials which contain less than optimal M5 fiber from the early stages of the fiber’s development.

M5 fiber (polyhydroquinone-diimidazopyridine or PIPD) is a high-strength synthetic fiber first developed by the Dutch chemical firm AkzoNobel. It is produced in the United States by the Magellan Systems International, which became a division of DuPont.

Jan 1, 2009 · As a result of intermolecular hydrogen bonds from hydroxyl groups introduced onto the benzene rings, ‘M5’ fiber has a high compression strength (approximately 1 GPa), an improvement which make it about twice as strong as aramid fiber.