Conductive high temperature nylon

Increasing the thermal and electrical conductivity of typically insulating polymers, such as nylons, would open new markets. A thermally conductive re sin could be used for heat sink applications. An electrically conductive re sin could be used in static dissipative and Electromagnetic Interference/Ra dio Frequency Interference shielding applications. This research focused on adding conductive fillers (namely carbon black and Thermocarb, a high qual ity synthetic milled graphite) and a chopped glass fiber to high temperatur e nylon. These materials were extruded and injection molded into test speci mens. Tensile tests as well as in-plane electrical resistivity, in-plane th ermal conductivity, and through-plane thermal conductivity tests were condu cted.