The Effect of Filler Content on the Viscosity of Polymer Composites

Currently, research on materials containing magnetic magnetic particles give opportunity to the prepare and study of composites with interesting magnetic features. One possibility for producing such materials is the use of fillers with magnetic properties. The final properties of such composites depend mainly on characteristic polymer matrix. However, the addition of magnetic materials arose use of new technologies. Such builders include the magnetic ferrites. Metal hexaferrites represent well researched group of magnetic materials (Mallick, 1993). Their high values of magnetocrystalline anisotropy and saturation magnetization enable widespread application of these materials as permanent magnets. Low price and excellent chemical stability with suitable magnetic characteristics classified ferrites to one of the most important magnetic materials (Rigbi, 1988).

The experimental material used was a composite formed by combining a polymer matrix (linear polyethylene HDPE), and the hard-magnetic strontium ferrite labeled FD 160S as a filler. Composites with different filler contents were prepared from the starting materials. The dependence of viscosity on the content of ferrite filler was determined by rheological measurements.