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Astrida Berzina1, Igors Klemenoks1, Maris Knite1
1Institute of Technical Physics, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University 7 Paula Valdena Street LV-1048 Riga Latvia astrida.berzina_1@rtu.lv.
Abstract:
In order to acquire a flexible resistive heating element in the temperature range for human body heating, the influence of DC voltage on chloroprene rubber (CR) and carbon black (CB) composites has been investigated. Three conduction mechanisms have been found to occur in the range from 0.5 V to 10 V - charge velocity increase due to the increase of the electric field, matrix thermal expansion that results in decreased tunnelling currents and new electroconductive channel formation at voltages above 7.5 V, where the temperature exceeds the matrix's softening point. As opposed to external heating, during resistive heating, the composite exhibits a negative temperature coefficient of resistivity up to an applied voltage of 5 V. The intrinsic electro-chemical matrix properties play an important role in the overall resistivity of the composite. The material shows cyclical stability when repeatedly applying a voltage of 5 V and can be used as a human body heating element.
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