Triangle Rule for Operating Windows and Scale-up Criteria for Volume Resistivity of PP/Carbon Nanotubes Composites
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W. Polrut
Abstract
This study dealt with operating windows and scale-up rules of a compounding twin screw extruder for polypropylene (PP)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) composites with required conductivity. In this study we showed that the experimentally obtained boundary line separating either conductive or non-conductive region is essentially linear, and thus the operating windows, in which the PP/MWCNT composite is consistently conductive with statistically 95% reliability level, can be drawn as a triangle. The use of this triangle rule of the operating windows to achieve required volume resistivity was proposed. With similarity of the length and diameter ratio (L/D) and screw configuration between small (laboratory-scale) and large (production-scale)) extruders, our investigation revealed that the most effective scale-up factors for the volume resistivity are (Dlarge/Dsmall)3 for the throughput, and (Dsmall/Dlarge) for the screw speed as a new scale-up rule generally valid for any machine size.
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- Free Volume from Pressure and Temperature Dependent Viscosity and from PVT Measurements for Homo- and Copolymers
- Investigation into the Differences in the Selective Laser Sintering between Amorphous and Semi-crystalline Polymers
- Rheological Modeling and Dynamic Characteristics of Disc Extruders
- The Effect of Polymer Additives on Surface Quality of Microcellular Injection Molded Parts
- Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Physical Foaming of Advanced Polymer Materials
- Effect of Ionomer on Barrier and Mechanical Properties of PET/Organoclay Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Compounding
- Rapid Communications
- Triangle Rule for Operating Windows and Scale-up Criteria for Volume Resistivity of PP/Carbon Nanotubes Composites
- Crystallization in Polymer Melts: Metamorphism of Flow Induced Nuclei
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- Seikei Kakou Abstracts
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Contents
- Contents
- Regular Contributed Articles
- Evaluation of Vacuum Venting for Micro-injection Molding
- Effect of Mechanical Milling on the Thermal Behavior of Polyethylene Reinforced with Nano-sized Alumina
- Preparation of Poly(acrylic acid)-Poly(ethylene oxide) Nanofibers via Electrospinning and Investigation of Their Morphology
- Concentration Effects of Organosilane (TESPD) on Mechanical Properties of Silica Filled Silicone Rubber/Natural Rubber Compounds
- Microcellular PP vs. Microcellular PP/MMT Nanocomposites: A Comparative Study of Their Mechanical Behavior
- Influence of Processing Conditions on Productivity, Thermal and Rheological Properties of Reprocessed Low Density Polyethylene
- Optimization of Dispersion of Nanosilica Particles in a PP Matrix and Their Effect on Foaming
- Paint/Polymer Interface Structure for ABS Injection Moldings
- Free Volume from Pressure and Temperature Dependent Viscosity and from PVT Measurements for Homo- and Copolymers
- Investigation into the Differences in the Selective Laser Sintering between Amorphous and Semi-crystalline Polymers
- Rheological Modeling and Dynamic Characteristics of Disc Extruders
- The Effect of Polymer Additives on Surface Quality of Microcellular Injection Molded Parts
- Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Physical Foaming of Advanced Polymer Materials
- Effect of Ionomer on Barrier and Mechanical Properties of PET/Organoclay Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Compounding
- Rapid Communications
- Triangle Rule for Operating Windows and Scale-up Criteria for Volume Resistivity of PP/Carbon Nanotubes Composites
- Crystallization in Polymer Melts: Metamorphism of Flow Induced Nuclei
- PPS-News
- PPS News
- Seikei Kakou Abstracts
- Seikei-Kakou Abstracts
