01.03.2021 by Dr. Chiara Baldini

Developing Conductive Polymers for Metal Replacement

Filler type, filler content and filler orientation: everything plays a role when it comes to tailoring Thermal ConductivityThermal conductivity (λ with the unit W/(m•K)) describes the transport of energy – in the form of heat – through a body of mass as the result of a temperature gradient (see fig. 1). According to the second law of thermodynamics, heat always flows in the direction of the lower temperature.thermal conductivity of polymers for specific applications, such as in the well-known field of Metal Replacement. Read how our customer DOMO Engineering Materials uses our instrument to research conductive raw materials.

LFA Analysis and its Applications for the Development of Innovative Raw Materials

Filler type, filler content and filler orientation: everything plays a role when it comes to tailoring Thermal ConductivityThermal conductivity (λ with the unit W/(m•K)) describes the transport of energy – in the form of heat – through a body of mass as the result of a temperature gradient (see fig. 1). According to the second law of thermodynamics, heat always flows in the direction of the lower temperature.thermal conductivity of polymers for specific applications, such as in the well-known field of Metal Replacement. Light Flash Analysis (LFA) is known to be a fast, non-destructive and reliable method, which is widely used to measure key thermal properties.

One method, three thermal data: LFA measures directly the thermal diffusivity, allows for determination of the specific heat and calculates the thermal conductivity, when also the DensityThe mass density is defined as the ratio between mass and volume. density of the material is known.

In 2017, DOMO Engineering Materials (EM) started an intensive screening on the impact of different additives on their polyamides. This screening led to the creation of more than 200 formulations, which were extensively tested with the LFA 467 HyperFlash® thanks to the collaboration with NETZSCH. The following article presents DOMO’s acquired expertise and summarizes the obtained results, also introducing some key applications of the newly developed materials.

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