Stability of electrical properties of carbon black‐filled rubbers

Conducting composites were prepared by melt mixing of ethylene–propylene–diene terpolymer (EPDM) or styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and 35 wt % of carbon black (CB). Stability of electrical properties of rubber/CB composites during cyclic thermal treatment was examined and electrical conductivity was measured in situ. Significant increase of the conductivity was observed already after the first heating–cooling cycle to 85°C for both composites. The increase of conductivity of EPDM/35% CB and SBR/35% CB composites continued when cyclic heating-cooling was extended to 105°C and 125°C. This effect can be explained by reorganization of conducting paths during the thermal treatment to the more conducting network. EPDM/35% CB and SBR/35% CB composites exhibited very good stability of electrical conductivity during storage at ambient conditions. The electrical conductivity of fresh prepared EPDM/35% CB composite was 1.7 × 10−2 S cm−1, and slightly lower conductivity value 1.1 × 10−2 S cm−1 was measured for SBR/35% CB. The values did not significantly change after three years storage. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009

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