Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Adriaan Stephanus Luyt, Francesco Piana, Jeremia Shale Sefadi, Jurgen Pionteck, Uwe Gohs
Keywords: Copolymer matrix, Ethylene vinyl acetate, Expanded graphite composites, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Properties, Transient plane source (TPS)
Abstract: One way to improve thermal and electrical conductivity of conventional polymers is by combining polymer matrices with highly conductive fillers. This study involves an analysis of electrical and thermal conductivities of nonirradiated and irradiated samples of ethylene vinyl acetate 18 (EVA18) containing expanded graphite (EG) or SDS-EG. Thermal conductivity measurements were at room temperature. An increase in thermal conductivity was found with increasing filler content in all investigated samples, due to the filler having a higher thermal conductivity than EVA.
Reference: Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2015), 132(32)
DOI: 10.1002/app.42396