The effects of particle size and content on the （粒子大小和内容的影响）.pdf

eXPRESS Polymer Letters Vol.5, No.7 (2011) 581–590 Available online at DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.57 The effects of particle size and content on the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of Al O /high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites 2 3 1,2 1 1* 1 1 1 S. Zhang , X. Y. Cao , Y. M. Ma , Y. C. Ke , J. K. Zhang , F. S. Wang 1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of New Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China 2Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China Received 26 October 2010; accepted in revised form 10 January 2011 Abstract. The influences of filler size and content on the properties (thermal conductivity, impact strength and tensile strength) of Al O /high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites are studied. Thermal conductivity and tensile strength of 2 3 the composites increase with the decrease of particle size. The dependence of impact strength on the particle size is more complicated. The SEM micrographs of the fracture surface show that Al2O3 with small particle size is generally more effi- cient for the enhancement of the impact strength, while the 100 nm particles prone to aggregation due to their high surface energy deteriorate the impact strength. Composite filled with Al2O3 of 0.5 µm at content of 25 vol% show the best synthetic properties. It is suggested that the addition of nano-Al2O3 to HDPE would lead to good performance once suitably dis- persed. Keywords: polymer composites, mechanical properties, thermal conductivity 1. Introduction ties of processing [5]. Blending of polymer with Polymers with excellent electrical insulation have inorganic fillers is an effective and convenient way been extensively