Evaluation of the rheological and electrical percolation of high‐density polyethylene/carbon black composites using mathematical models

da SiIva, Moacy P.; Cavalcanti, Shirley N.; Alves, Amanda M.; Freitas, Daniel M. G.; Agrawal, Pankaj; Vilar, Eudesio O.; de Mélo, Tomás. J. A.

doi:10.1002/pen.25738

Title: Evaluation of the rheological and electrical percolation of high‐density polyethylene/carbon black composites using mathematical models

Journal Article · 15 June 2021 · Polymer Engineering and Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.25738 · OSTI ID:1788303

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Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Campina Grande Paraiba Brazil
Departamento de Engenharia Química Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Campina Grande Paraiba Brazil

Abstract In this work, conductive polymer composites (CPCs) of bio‐based polyethylene (BioPe) containing different concentrations of carbon black (CB) were developed. By using oscillatory rheology analysis, a Newtonian plateau was observed in BioPe, and all BioPe/CB composites had a behavior of a pseudo‐solid and that composites with volume fractions ranging from 0.24 to 0.56 presented higher viscosity, storage, and loss modulus. This suggests the formation of a percolated network and by using the power‐law models, it was observed that the electrical percolation threshold was higher than the rheological percolation threshold. The electrical conductivity was measured using the four‐point probe method and a sigmoid model was used to predict the CPCs' electrical conductivity percolation threshold. The results indicated that the four‐point probe method presented satisfactory results according to the calculated standard deviations and voltage–current characteristics for each round of measurements considering the same ranging as used in rheology analysis. The analytical model used showed a coefficient of determination ( R ² ) higher than 95%, allowing the prediction of the electrical conductivity of the CPC and the percolation threshold as a function of the volumetric fraction of the CB.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1788303

Journal Information:: Polymer Engineering and Science, Journal Name: Polymer Engineering and Science Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 61; ISSN 0032-3888

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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