Conductive polymer composites from polylactic acid/natural rubber filled with carbon black

Buys, Yose Fachmi and Lokman, Nor Afiza Syafina (2015) Conductive polymer composites from polylactic acid/natural rubber filled with carbon black. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 253-257. ISSN 1022-6680

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Abstract

In order to develop environmentally friendly conductive polymer composites, polylactic acid (PLA) was melt blended with natural rubber (NR), with addition of carbon black (CB) as the conductive filler. It was found that the PLA/NR blends were immiscible, and the sea-island and co-continuous morphological structures were observed at PLA/NR with ratio of 80/20 vol% and 60/40 vol% respectively. Addition of CB to 60/40 PLA/NR matrix, brought the composites to become electrically conductive at CB content of 2 phr. It was also found that the impact strength of PLA/NR/CB composite is better than that of the neat PLA.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6994/48911
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Conductive Polymer Composites, Polylactic Acid, Natural Rubber, Carbon Black, Electrical, properties
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Yose Fachmi Buys
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 17:24
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2017 15:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/48911

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