ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SILICONE ELASTOMERS

摘要

It has been discovered that the addition of a small amount (less than 5 percent by weight) of chopped graphite fibers to an electrically conductive silicone elastomeric mixture increases the electrical conductivity to an unexpected degree. The electrically conductive silicone elastomeric mixture can be coated on a base member and cured to yield an electrically conductive device. An application of the technology is the manufacture of conductive core for use in automotive ignition cable. By using this electrically conductive silicone elastomeric mixture it is no longer necessary that the base member itself be conductive.