Effects of Filler Characteristics and Processing Conditions on the Electrical, Morphological and Rheological Properties of PE and PP with Conductive Filler Composites
- Authors
- Kim, Youn Hee; Kim, Dong Hyun; Kim, Ji Mun; Kim, Sung Hyun; Kim, Woo Nyon; Lee, Heon Sang
- Issue Date
- 2월-2009
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- polymer composites; conductive filler; electrical conductivity; morphology; rheology
- Citation
- MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH, v.17, no.2, pp.110 - 115
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 110
- End Page
- 115
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/120672
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF03218663
- ISSN
- 1598-5032
- Abstract
- The electrical, morphological and rheological properties of melt and dry mixed composites of polyethylene (PE)/graphite (Gr), polypropylene (PP)/Gr and PP/nickel-coated carbon fiber (NCCF) were investigated as a function of filler type, filler content and processing temperature. The electrical conductivities of dry mixed PP/NCCF composites were increased with decreasing processing temperature. For the melt mixed PP/NCCF composites, the electrical conductivities were higher than those of the melt mixed PE/Gr and PP/Gr composites, which was attributed to the effect of the higher NCCF aspect ratio in allowing the composites to form a more conductive network in the polymer matrix than the graphite does. From the results of morphological studies, the fillers in the dry mixed PP/NCCF composites were more randomly dispersed compared to those in the melt mixed PP/NCCF composites. The increased electrical conductivities of the dry mixed composites were attributed to the more random dispersion of NCCF compared to that of the melt mixed PP/NCCF composites. The complex viscosities of the PP/Gr composites were higher than those of the PP/NCCF composites, which was attributed to the larger diameter of the graphite particles than that of the NCCF. Furthermore, the fiber orientation in the 'along the flow' direction during melt mixing was attributed to the decreased complex viscosities of the melt mixed PP/NCCF composites compared those of the melt mixed PP/Gr composites.
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