M.H. Abd-El Salam, S. El-Gamal, M. Mohsen, et al. Effect of Conductive Fillers on the Cyclic Stress-Strain and Nano-Scale Free Volume Properties of Silicone Rubber[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2014, 32(5): 558-567.
DOI:
M.H. Abd-El Salam, S. El-Gamal, M. Mohsen, et al. Effect of Conductive Fillers on the Cyclic Stress-Strain and Nano-Scale Free Volume Properties of Silicone Rubber[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2014, 32(5): 558-567.DOI: 10.1007/s10118-014-1428-7.
Effect of Conductive Fillers on the Cyclic Stress-Strain and Nano-Scale Free Volume Properties of Silicone Rubber
The effect of carbon black (CB) and graphite (G) powders on the macroscopic and nano-scale free volume properties of silicone rubber based on poly(di-methylsiloxane) (PDMS) was studied through thermal and cyclic mechanical measurements
as well as with positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). The melting temperature of the composites (
T
m
) and the endothermic enthalpy of melting (Δ
H
m
) were estimated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
T
m
and the degree of crystallinity (
χ
c
) of PDMS composites were found to decrease with increasing the CB content. This can be explained due to the increase in physical cross-linking which results in a decrease in the crystallite thickness. Besides
χ
c
was found to be dependent on the filler type. Cyclic stress-strain behavior of PDMS loaded with different contents of filler has been studied. Mullins ratio (
R
M
) was found to be dependent on the filler type and content. It was found that
R
M
increases with increasing the filler content due to the increase in physical cross-linking which results in a decrease in the size of free volume
as observed through a decrease of the
o
-Ps lifetime
τ
3
measured by PALS. Moreover
the hysteresis in PDMS-CB composites was more pronounced than in PDMS-G composites. Furthermore
a correlation was established between the free volume
V
f
and the mechanical properties of PDMS composites containing different fillers. A negative correlation was observed between
V
f
and
R
M
.
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