Experimental verification for improving dielectric strength of polymers by using clay nanoparticles

Abstract

Nanoparticles are a considerable attention due to very interesting properties have been accepted to base matrix materials during the nanostructure incorporation. Therefore, this paper has been presented an experimental study for the dielectric strength of several new industrial polymer nanocomposites specimens. It~has been studied the effects of clay nanoparticles incorporation into polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), low density polyethylene (LDPE), and~high density polyethylene (HDPE) on electric properties, dielectric properties, dielectric strength and voltage endurance significantly for variant polymers by a simplified breakdown model. Experimental results have been compared with respect to unfilled industrial materials under AC electric field (uniform and non-uniform) and variant thermal temperatures.