Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
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Just doing some brainstorming...If you were to make rubber conductive, how would you do it? Thanks.
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RE: Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
Hope this helps.
Dennis
RE: Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
There are new technologies that can make rubber conductive using carbon nanotubes. They are comercially available
Ex. magnetorestrictive materials.
regards,
1399
RE: Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
RE: Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
Maybe you could create a sheet of rubber that functions as thousands of small capacitors, with air as the dielectric?
(just kidding)
RE: Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
2) Ther are conductive agents one can purchase and use as an additives.
3) If the polymer are specific, each polymer can be rendered conductive by specific agents---
RE: Thermally and Electrically Conductive Rubber
You disperse the conductive powder into the pre-cured rubber (e. g., 3-roll mill), cast and cure. I'm not sure why, but the conductivity is never as high as for conductive epoxies, which are also made this way.