Thermoset plastic melt profiles

In more recent work, a composition which was claimed to be fusible and melt-extrudable was developed in a joint effort of UNIAX Corp., Santa Barbara, CA, USA, and Neste Oy, Porvoo, Finland, given the tradename PANIPOL [278]. In its typical preparation, a sulfonated P(ANi) salt, a plasticizer, and other "optional additives" are fed into a twin-screw extruder with a typical temperature profile along the screw of between 100 and 180 °C and residence time 5 to 10 mins. The resulting conductive strands are cooled, pelletized and packaged. The conductive pellets are then compounded for such end uses as injection molded articles or extruded films and fibers, or any other conductive thermoplastic products. The authors also claimed to have demonstrated conductive thermosets based on solution-processed PANIPOL. 

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