Electrical and Structural Properties of Polystyrene/Graphite Composite by Direct Mixing Method
Abstract
Melt mixing method was used in the preparation of Polystyrene (PS)/graphite composite with different graphite weight %.The electrical and structural properties of the composite were studied using Keithley two-point probe and GBC EMMA X-ray diffractometer (XRD) respectively. The result showed that the electrical conductivity of the composites was improved as the weight percentage of graphite content increases but the percolation threshold was observed at 0.10wt%. The conductivity of the composites was also observed to increase at higher temperatures. The structural result showed that the amorphous structure of polystyrene was converted to crystalline as the weight% of the graphite increases which influences the degree of crystallinity.
Keywords: polymer, graphite, composite, percolation threshold, electrical conductivity
DOI: 10.7176/APTA/81-03
Publication date: December 31st 2019
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