ISSN:
0193-7197
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Poly(vinylch1oride) composites containing 2 to 20 wt% of aluminum coated glass fiber (AlCGF) were prepared by the mechanical mixing and hot compression technique. Their electrical conduction and ultrasound wave propagation at frequencies of 2 to 9 MHz were studied. The electrical resistivity of these composites was lowered because of fiber-fiber contact formation, which is evident from optical photomicrographs of the composites. Other morphological investigations, such as X-ray diffraction and DTA, show matrix-filler interaction. The limiting resistivity of PVC/AlCGF composite is 10 ohm-cm at 14 wt% (8.11 vol%) of fiber concentration. Ultrasound wave propagation through these composites having fiber-fiber contacts has shown that both absorption and velocity are high at 9 MHz. Other ultrasound parameters were studied, such as excess absorption, relative velocity, relative modulus variation with composition as well as with propagation constant. No definite correlation exists between electrical conduction due to fiber-fiber contact formation and ultrasound wave propagation.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vnl.730140210
