Preparation and Characterisation of Novel Electrical Conductive Rubber Blends

Preparation and Characterisation of Novel Electrical Conductive Rubber Blends 

This chapter describes an efficient method (i.e., solution mixing) for producing blends with good compatibilities and also high electrical conductivities by combining poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile) NBR [grade with 48 wt% acrylonitrile (ACN) content, as the rubbery host] with different proportions of polyaniline dodecylbenzenesulfonate (PAni.DBSA) (as the only electrical conductive filler). In this method, both NBR and PAni.DBSA are required to be soluble in a common shared solvent, e.g., chloroform. 

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