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Kinetics of the thermal degradation and thermal stability of conductive silicone rubber filled with conductive carbon black
Author(s) -
Zhang Jie,
Feng Shengyu,
Ma Qingyu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.12277
Subject(s) - carbon black , silicone rubber , materials science , composite material , electrical conductor , thermal stability , thermogravimetric analysis , silicone , degradation (telecommunications) , natural rubber , chemical engineering , electrical engineering , engineering
The kinetics of the thermal degradation and thermal stability of conductive silicone rubber filled with conductive carbon black was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis in a flowing nitrogen atmosphere at a heating rate of 5°C/min. The rate parameters were evaluated by the method of Freeman–Carroll. The results show that the thermal degradation of conductive silicone rubber begins at about 350°C and ends at about 600°C. The thermal degradation is multistage, in which zero‐order reactions are principal. The kinetics of the thermal degradation of conductive silicone rubber has relevance to its loading of conductive carbon black. The activation energies are temperature‐sensitive and their sensitivity to temperature becomes weak as temperature increases. In addition, the conductive silicone rubber filled with conductive carbon black has better thermal stability than that of silicone rubber without any fillers. Also, conductive silicone rubber filled with conductive carbon black has better thermal stability than that of silicone rubber filled with the same amount of silica. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 1548–1554, 2003