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Extension of effective medium theory to three‐component system—two conductive particle types in the polymer matrix
Author(s) -
Trivedi A. H.,
Garcia J.,
Burhan A. B.,
Schruben D. L.
Publication year - 1994
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.760341404
Subject(s) - filler (materials) , materials science , component (thermodynamics) , extension (predicate logic) , polymer , matrix (chemical analysis) , particle (ecology) , composite material , composition (language) , electrical conductor , particle size , polymer science , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , physics , computer science , linguistics , oceanography , philosophy , engineering , programming language , geology
A foundation is presented for the extension of the normal effective medium theory (for a two‐component system (filler and polymer matrix)) to a three‐component system (two filler species and matrix). No experimental test of the improved theory is made here, but some general trends are confirmed by other experiments. The theory is sufficiently general to allow the second filler component to represent a particle of the same composition as the first filler component but of a different size, or of the same size but of a different composition. Important satellite derivations are included.