Styrene-Butadiene Rubber Electrolytes Modified with CaCl2, CdCl2, CuCl2, MnCl2 and Active Carbon

Abstract

Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), as a solvent and repository of electric charges, starts to gain these properties after adding to SBR CaCl₂, CdCl₂, CuCl₂ or MnCl₂ in methanol solution with addition of active carbon. Electrical conductivity of such an SBR-active carbon system with added CaCl₂ or CdCl₂ or CuCl₂ or MnCl₂ equals to 10^-6 to 10^-5 S cm^-1 at a room temperature (293 K) and a frequency of 10 KHz. The electrolytes were tested for the frequency range of 1 Hz to 25 KHz. These polymer electrolyte systems may find their application as materials for anticorrosive and antielectrostatic protection of fuel or hazardous material tanks.