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The effect of filler packing fraction on plastics properties
Author(s) -
Ferrigno T. H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760180107
Subject(s) - atomic packing factor , materials science , filler (materials) , volume fraction , composite material , fraction (chemistry) , volume (thermodynamics) , viscosity , mass fraction , thermodynamics , chromatography , chemistry , physics , crystallography
A critical factor in the performance of fillers in plastics composites is the manner in which the particles pack together. This is called the packing fraction; the true volume occupied by a filler divided by its apparent total volume. The means for determining packing fraction and its effect on viscosity and physical, thermal, electrical and economic properties are outlined.