Conductive resinous composites

Claim 2

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electrocondutivity based on the amount of electroconductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a low aspect ratio filler in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (resin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 3

an electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 1 wherein said high aspect ratio is between 10/1 and 3000/1 and said low aspect ratio is less than 3/1.

Claim 4

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 2 wherein said low aspect ratio is approximately 1/1.

Claim 5

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the smallest dimension of said high aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 100 microns and the smallest dimension of said low aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 25 microns.

Claim 6

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electroconductivity based on the amount of electrocoductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a hard low aspect ratio filler having a Moh hardness of from 4 to 10 in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (resin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 7

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electroconductivity based on the amount of electrocoductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a hard low aspect ratio filler having a Moh hardness of from 4 to 10 in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (resin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 8

An elecroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 5 wherein said high aspect ratio is between 10/1 and 300/1 and said low aspect ratio is less than 3/1.

Claim 9

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 6 wherein said low aspect ratio is approximately 1/1.

Claim 10

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claims 5, 6 or 7 wherein teh smallest dimension of said high aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 100 microns and the smallest dimension of said low aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 25 microns.

Claim 11

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electroconductivity based on the amount of electroconductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a non-electroconductive low aspect ratio filler in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (rasin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 12

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electroconductivity based on the amount of electroconductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a non-electroconductive low aspect ratio filler in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (rasin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 13

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 9 wherein said high aspect ratio is between 10/1 and 300/1, and said low aspect ratio is less than 3/1.

Claim 14

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 10 wherein said low aspect ratio is approximately 1/1.

Claim 15

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claims 11 wherein the smallest dimension of said high aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 100 microns and the smallest dimension of said low aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 25 microns.

Claim 16

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 12 wherein said hard low aspect ratio filler is present in an amount between 0.2 and 10 parts per hundred (resin).

Claim 17

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electroconductivity based on the amount of electroconductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a low aspect ratio filler selected from the group consisting of metal oxides such as from cobalt, aluminum, chromium, iron, zinc, titanium, manganese, antimony, nickel or copper; mixed metal oxides of the said metal oxides; silicon oxides, metal carbides, silicon carbides; and particulate glass, in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (resin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 18

An electroconductive resinous composition having improved electroconductivity based on the amount of electroconductive fillers therein for preparing electroconductive molded or extruded articles, said composition comprising a cementitious resinous matrix having fillers uniformly dispersed within, said fillers comprising a mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler in an amount equal to from 0.1% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a low aspect ratio filler selected from the group consisting of metal oxides such as from cobalt, aluminum, chromium, iron, zinc, titanium, manganese, antimony, nickel or copper; mixed metal oxides of the said metal oxides; silicon oxides, metal carbides, silicon carbides; and particulate glass, in an amount between 0.1 and 15 parts per hundred (resin), said low aspect ratio being less than 10/1.

Claim 19

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 14 wherein said high aspect ratio is between 10/1 and 300/1 and said low aspect ratio is less than 3/1.

Claim 20

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 15 wherein said low aspect ratio is approxiamtely 1/1.

Claim 21

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 16 wherein the smallest dimension of said high aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 100 microns and the smallest dimension of said low aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 25 microns.

Claim 22

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claims 14, 15, 16 or 17 wherein said hard low aspect ratio filler is present in an amount between 0.2 and 10 parts per hundred (resin).

Claim 23

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 1 wherein said mixture of electroconductive high aspect ratio filler comprises flake aluminum or aluminum fibers in an amount equal to from 20% to 40% by volume, said high aspect ratio being greater than 10/1, and a low aspect ratio filler comprising titanium dioxide in an amount between 1 and 5 parts per hundred (resin), said low aspect ratio being less than 3/1.

Claim 24

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claim 19 wherein said low aspect ratio is approximately 1/1.

Claim 25

An electroconductive resinous composition as stated in claims 19 or 20 wherein the smallest dimension of said high aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 100 microns and the smallest dimension of said low aspect ratio filler has a mean value between 0.1 and 25 microns.