2P-114 : Effect of filler type on electrical and mechanical properties of conductive fillers/thermoplastic polymer composites

Most of thermoplastic polymers can become conductive materials when added with some kinds of conducting particles, such as carbon blacks (CBs), carbon fibers (CFs), then the composites have the electrical and mechanical properties. In this work, the effect of filler type on electrical and mechanical properties of conductive filler/thermoplastic polymer composites were investigated. The thermoplastic polymers were high density polyethylene (HDPE) and the conductive fillers were carbon blacks and milled-carbon fibers. Conductive fillers content was added up to 30 wt.% in composites. Electrical and mechanical properties of the composites were studied by resistivity on temperature, tensile strength, and impact strength measurements. Morphologies of the composites were measured by SEM.