Preparation and properties of polystyrene/SiCw/SiCp thermal conductivity composites

Junwei Gu, Qiuyu Zhang, Jing Dang, Changjie Yin, Shaojie Chen

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Abstract

The silicon carbide whisker (SiCw) and silicon carbide particle (SiCp) were employed to prepare polystyrene/silicon carbide whisker/silicon carbide particle (PS/SiCw/SiCp) thermal conductivity composites, and the titanate coupling reagent of NDZ-105 was introduced to functionalize the surface of fillers. The thermal conductive coefficient Î improved from 0.18 W/mK for native PS to 1.29 W/mK for the composites with 40% volume fraction of SiCw/SiCp (volume fraction, 3: 1) hybrid fillers. Both the thermal decomposition temperature and dielectric constant of the composites increased with the addition of SiCw/SiCp hybrid fillers. At the same addition of SiCw/SiCp hybrid fillers, the surface modification of hybrid fillers by NDZ-105 could improve the thermal conductivity and the mechanical properties of the composites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)132-137
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume124
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Apr 2012

Keywords

  • composites
  • hybrid fillers
  • polystyrene
  • thermal conductivity

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