Electroconductive nylon 6 and copper composites
A study is reported on the effect of the filler size and concentration on the electrical resistivity, density, and hardness of composites made of copper powder embedded in nylon 6 matrix by means of compression molding. The electrical resistivity of the composites is > 10
11
ohm·cm unless the metal content reached the percolation threshold, beyond which the resistivity decreased markedly by as much as 10
12
. The percolation concentration was found to decrease with a decrease in the average particle diameter. The density of the composites was measured and compared with values calculated assuming different void levels within the samples. However, there is no sharp variation in the density due to the onset of percolation. Furthermore, it is shown that a percolation concentration can be also defined in the hardness/metal concentration curves as the intercept of linear regression curves of the
low
and
high
metal content regimes, respectively.
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- Published
- Dec 01, 1995
- Vol/Issue
- 16(6)
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- 536-541
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