Effect of Natural Rubber Electrolytes Modified with CuCl2, NiCl2 and Active Carbon

Abstract

Natural rubber, as a solvent and repository of electric charges, starts to gain these properties after adding to natural rubber CuCl₂ or NiCl₂ in the form of methanol solution with addition of active carbon. Electrical conductivity of such a natural rubber-active carbon system with added natural rubber CuCl₂ or NiCl₂ equals to 3.5 × 10^-6 to 3.8 × 10^-6 S cm^-1 at a room temperature of 293 K and a frequency of 10 kHz. The examined electrolytes were tested for the frequency range of 1 to 25 kHz. These polymer electrolyte systems may find their application as materials for anticorrosive and antielectrostatic protection of fuel or hazardous material tanks.