US5057370A
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Electrically conducting solid plastics
Assignee: Roehm GmbH Darmstadt
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Filing: 1990-03-29
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-03-29
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to electrically conducting solid plastics, the conductivity of which is attributable to their containing finely divided particulate, conducting substances. The electrically conducting solid plastics are comprised of or contain a polymer such as polymethyl methacrylate having a discrete fine-particle structure, and the polymer particles of the polymer are "doped", at least on their surface, with at least one electrically conducting substance such as carbon black in an amount which establishes electrical conductivity. The conducting substance(s) are present in the form of a plurality of conducting particulate solid bodies, and wherein the condition is imposed that the glass temperature (Tg) of the polymer is not exceeded when the conducting substance is mixed with the polymer particles.
Inventors
- 👤 Manfred Krieg
- 👤 Armin Meyer
- 👤 Winfried Wunderlich
- 👤 Rainer Friederich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 13:41
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C70/00; B29C70/88; B29C70/882; B29K; B29K2033/00; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0003; B29K2995/0005; B29K2995/0012; B29K2995/0013; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/254; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2998
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
An electrically conductive solid thermoplastic, which consists essentially of: a) bead-shaped particles of substantially non-crystalline polymethyl methacrylate polymer having a mean particle diameter in the range of about 10-1,000 μm, and b) carbon black, as an electrically conducting substance, substantially all of which is present on the surface of said polymer particles, in an amount of 0.05-5 wt. %, based on the weight of the polymer, wherein said electrically conductive substance is in the form of a plurality of conducting particulate solid bodies, and further wherein the glass transition temperature of said polymer is not exceeded when the conducting substance is mixed with said polymer particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
An electrically conductive solid thermoplastic, which consists essentially of: a) bead-shaped particles of substantially non-crystalline polymethyl methacrylate polymer having a mean particle diameter in the range of about 10-1,000 μm, and b) carbon black, as an electrically conducting substance, substantially all of which is present on the surface of said polymer particles, in an amount of 0.05-5 wt. %, based on the weight of the polymer, wherein said electrically conductive substance is in the form of a plurality of conducting particulate solid bodies, and further wherein the glass transition temperature of said polymer is not exceeded when the conducting substance is mixed with said polymer particles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein said bead-shaped polymer particles have a mean particle diameter in the range of 30-300 μm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein said bead-shaped polymer particles have a mean particle diameter in the range of 30-100 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein greater than 95% of the bead-shaped polymer particles have a particle size distribution in the range of about 10-1,000 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein greater than 99% of the bead-shaped polymer particles have a particle size distribution in the range of about 10-1,000 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein said polymer particles are produced by a bead polymerization technique.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein the amount of said carbon black is 0.1-5.0 wt. % based on the weight of the polymer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein the surface per unit weight value of said conductive carbon black is 15-1,500 m 2 /g.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, further comprising finely dispersed inert inorganic filler, in an amount of up to 70 wt. % of the total weight of the plastic.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein said conductive substance is mixed with said polymer particles by a fluidized bed technique.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein said conductive substance is mixed with said polymer particles by a milling or grinding technique.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
The electrically conductive solid thermoplastic of claim 1, wherein said thermoplastic is produced by: a) mixing at ambient temperature said polymer particles, and said conductive particulate solid bodies, top thereby coat substantially all of said bodies on the surface of said polymer particles; and b) sintering the coated polymer particles, thereby forming said solid conductive bodies.
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