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The correlativity of positive temperature coefficient effects in conductive silicone rubber
Author(s) -
Zhang Jie,
Zhang Shengyou,
Feng Shengyu,
Jiang Zhigang
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.1826
Subject(s) - silicone rubber , materials science , electrical conductor , temperature coefficient , composite material , carbon black , electrical resistivity and conductivity , silicone , natural rubber , thermal expansion , electrical engineering , engineering
A thorough study on the positive temperature coefficient (PTC) effects of conductive silicone rubber was made. Various conductive silicone rubbers with apparent differences in PTC anomalies (defined as the ratio of peak resistivity to room temperature resistivity) were chosen. The correlation between the size of the PTC anomaly and both the thermal expansion coefficient of conductive silicone rubber and the interaction between silicone rubber and carbon black (CB) were found. The effects of cross‐linking on the temperature effect of resistivity of conductive silicone rubber were also studied. The results testify the important role of the interaction between silicone rubber and CBs in the temperature effect of resistivity of conductive silicone rubber. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry