Studies on conductive silicone rubber compounds

✍ Scribed by K. G. Princy; Rani Joseph; C. Sudha Kartha

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 190 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19980801)69:5<1043::aid-app24>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

The electrical conductivity of silicone rubber vulcanizates containing carbon blacks [e.g., acetylene black, lamp black, and ISAF (N-234) black] were investigated. The change in electrical conductivity with varying amounts of carbon blacks and the temperature dependence was measured. The mechanical properties like tensile strength, tear strength, elongation at break, hardness, etc., of the vulcanizates were determined. A comparative study of the electrical conductivity of the composites revealed that the electrical conductivity of the composites made with acetylene black was higher than that of the composites made of other blacks.