Abstract
AbstractThe positive temperature coefficient (PTC) effects of carbon black (CB)‐filled semicrystalline and amorphous ethylene–propylene–diene terpolymer (EPDM) composites were studied. The semicrystalline EPDM/CB composite exhibited a low PTC effect followed by a pronounced negative temperature coefficient (NTC) effect, while the amorphous EPDM/CB composite exhibited only an NTC effect. By the effect of γ‐ray irradiation, not only was the NTC effect of the composites eliminated, but also a high PTC effect appeared. The PTC intensity reached as high as six orders of magnitude even for an amorphous EPDM/CB composite and the PTC transition temperature decreased with the irradiation dose. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 80: 1571–1574, 2001
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