Abstract
The use of fibril materials as substrate for reinforcing polymers has wide industrial applications. In this article, we discuss polyaniline and polypyrrole as conducting polymers to provide electronic conductivity in E-glass fabric reinforced conducting composite with varied degree of composition and conductivity using industrially important polymers polymethylmethacrylate and polyvinyl chloride as a host matrix. Aromatic sulphonic acids such as PXSA, OXSA, PSA, PDSA, RDSA, OCPSA and MCSA were used as a dopant. The influence of the aromatic ring substituents in these dopants over the conductivity and processibility due to various interactions has been studied. The study shows that due to bulk nature of conductivity, shielding effectiveness (SE) increases with increase in conductivity and thickness of a composite. The test samples were characterized by conductivity and electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (EMI SE). The electromagnetic shielding effectiveness was measured by co-axial transmission line method in the frequency range of 0.01–1000 MHz. These composites with both side shielded by polypyrrole offered a uniform shielding effectiveness of 69 dB.
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