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Article: Thermally Conductive Thermoplastics.
- Article from:
- Plastics Engineering
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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An area in which thermoplastics have not been effective in replacing metals has been in applications requiring thermal conductivity. Recently, however, through the use of various filler systems, thermoplastic materials have been developed with thermal conductivities from 1 to 10 W/m[degrees]K.
During the past two decades, engineering thermoplastics have replaced metal in numerous part designs in many industries by providing improvements in design flexibility, allowing greater part integration, and lowering system costs in manufacturing operations. This has been accomplished despite the lower absolute properties of engineering thermoplastics. The ability to ...