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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2017, Vol. 31 Issue (11): 847-852    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2016.292
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Preparation and Properties of Composites of Carbon Black Reinforced Polytetrafluoroethylene Prepared by a Two-step Process
Shijie ZHANG1, Qiuying LI1(), Yanchao CHE2, Chifei WU1, Weihong GUO1
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237,China.
2 Shanxi Funuoou New Materials Technology Co., Ltd, Taiyuan 030900, China.
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Shijie ZHANG, Qiuying LI, Yanchao CHE, Chifei WU, Weihong GUO. Preparation and Properties of Composites of Carbon Black Reinforced Polytetrafluoroethylene Prepared by a Two-step Process. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2017, 31(11): 847-852.

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Abstract  

Uniform complex particles of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)/carbon black (CB) were firstly hetero-coagulated without additives of non-ionic surfactant by mechanical stirring. Then composites of PTFE/CB with better properties were successfully prepared via cold pressing and sintering method with complex particles of PTFE/CB as raw material. The effect of sintering temperature and the CB amount on properties of composites PTFE/CB was investigated. Results show that the optimum sintering temperature was 390oC, and the mechanical properties of composite PTFE/CB sintered at 390oC exhibited significantly better mechanical properties due to the formation of good micro-fibrous structure. Among others, with the CB addition of 2 mass%, the composite exhibited the best mechanical properties, i.e. its tensile strength increased from 19.1 MPa to 27.3 MPa and the elongation at break increased from 420% to 525%. Importantly, the electrical conductivity could reach the percolation threshold for the composite with 3 mass % CB due to the formation of a conductive network in the PTFE/CB matrix. Therefore, it follows that the composite of PTFE with 3 mass % CB can possess high degree of crystallinity with appropriate antistatic performance.

Key words:  polymer based composites      high performance      heterocoagulation      polytetrafluoroethylene     
Received:  30 May 2016     

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https://www.cjmr.org/EN/10.11901/1005.3093.2016.292     OR     https://www.cjmr.org/EN/Y2017/V31/I11/847

Solid
content/%
Average particle
size/µm
Density
/g·mL-1
pH
26 0.3 1.12 5~6
Table 1  Characteristics of PTFE emulsion
Fig.1  SEM images of the PTFE emulsion (a) and (b), and PTFE/CB composite particles (c) and (d)
Fig.2  Tensile strength (a) and elongation at break (b) of PTFE/CB composites with 2% CB at various sintering temperatures
Fig.3  Surface SEM images of PTFE/CB composites with 2% CB at various sintering temperatures (a) 360℃, (b) 370℃, (c) 380℃, (d) 390℃ and (e) 400℃
Fig.4  Tensile strength (a) and elongation at break (b) of PTFE/CB composites with different CB contents
Fig.5  SEM images of cross section of pure PTFE (a) and PTFE/CB composites with different CB loading (b) 2%, (c) 3%, (d) 4%, (e) 6% and (f) 8%
Fig.6  Variation of conductivity at 1 Hz of PTFE/CB composites with respect to CB filler loading
CB content/% 0 2 3 4 6 8
Crystallinity/% 66.2 65.4 88.2 75.1 68.0 59.1
Table 2  Dependence of crystallinity of PTFE/CB composites on the CB contents
Fig.7  Variation of Tanδ at 11 Hz of PTFE/CB composites with respect to CB filler loading
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