Journal of Advances in Nanomaterials

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DOI: 10.22606/jan.2017.22001

• Ajalesh Balachandran Nair^*
  Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Kochi-682 022, India
• Dhanya Vijayan
  
  Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Hormis Nagar, Angamaly, Kerala, India
• Ayswarya E P
  
  BK21 Plus Haptic Polymer Composite Research Team, Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
• Rani Joseph
  
• Changwoon Nah
  

Aluminium hydroxide (ATH) particles were incorporated at different loadings into fluorocarbon rubber (FKM), to study the effect of filler loading on the cure characteristics, mechanical properties, dynamic mechanical properties and thermal stability. The mechanical properties of FKM/ATH composites were better than medium thermal black filled vulcanizates. The storage modulus (E’) of the composites was found to increase due to the enhancement in stiffness. The viscoelastic properties revealed that there is a strong interaction between the polymer and the filler. The dielectric permittivity, AC conductivity and absorption coefficient of the highly ATH loaded systems are much greater than the unfilled and lower systems.

Elastomers, mechanical properties, thermal properties, dielectric properties.

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