Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 319-326Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4483448
Keywords
polyethylene; blend; dielectric properties; crystalline morphology
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Dielectric properties of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) blended with metallocene catalyzed polyethylene (MPE) to 1, 3, 5 wt% of the latter are reported. It was found that the 1 wt% MPE blend had the lowest volume resistivity, the highest direct current (DC) breakdown strength and the least accumulated space charge. The crystalline morphology of the blends was studied through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and small-angle light scattering (SALS) measurements. It was found that blending increased the percentage crystallinity, decreased the spherulite size and caused the formation of imperfect spherulites, i.e. spherulites containing defects and impurities in their crystalline phases, and thus fewer impurities and defects on their boundaries. The improvement in dielectric properties of the blends, especially the 1 wt% MPE blend, is attributed to the increase in crystallinity and the formation of imperfect spherulites.
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