Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Nylon 11-Carbon Nanofiber Nanocomposites
J. Heat Transfer -- September 2009 -- Volume 131, Issue 9, 091602 (5 pages)
doi:10.1115/1.3139110
You are not logged into the ASME Digital Library.
Log in
Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were incorporated into nylon 11 to form nylon 11-carbon nanofiber nanocomposites via twin screw extrusion. Injection molding has been employed to fabricate specimens that possess enhanced mechanical strength and fire retardancy. The thermal conductivity of these polymer nanocomposites was measured using a guarded hot plate method. The measurement results show that the room temperature thermal conductivity increases with the CNF loading from 0.24±0.01 W/m K for pure Nylon 11 to 0.30±0.02 W/m K at 7.5 wt % CNF loading. The effective medium theory has been used to determine the interface thermal resistance between the CNFs and the matrix to be in the range of 2.5–5.0×10−6 m2 K/W from the measured thermal conductivity of the nanocomposite.
©2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
| History: | Received 21 July 2008; revised 7 April 2009; published 24 June 2009 | |
| doi: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3139110 | |
KEYWORDS and PACS
carbon fibres,
extrusion,
filled polymers,
flame retardants,
injection moulding,
mechanical strength,
nanocomposites,
thermal conductivity,
thermal resistance
- 66.70.-f
Nonelectronic thermal conduction and heat-pulse propagation in solids - 68.35.Gy
Mechanical properties and surface strains of solid surfaces and interfaces - 81.07.-b
Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization - 81.05.Qk
Reinforced polymers and polymer-based composites: fabrication, treatment, testing and analysis - YEAR: 2009



