Abstract
We examined electrical properties of polylactic acid (PLA) with nucleating agent added. At that time, nucleating agent was added to PLA was then heat-treated at 100°C for 30 seconds. The crystallinity of the nucleating agent was added to PLA increased to more than 40%, and its crystallization speed also increased significantly. The temperature dependence of the conductivity (σ) was investigated, the σ of PLA to which nucleating agent had been added showed the tendency to become lower than the σ of PLA to which nucleating agent had not been added in σ at temperatures higher than 60°C. Furthermore, the temperature dependence of the dielectric breakdown strength (EB) was investigated, EB of nucleating agent was added to PLA was around 5.0 MV/cm at a temperature of 25°C. Of particular note was the fact that EB of nucleating agent was added to PLA measured at 100°C was around 4.7 MV/cm, around 3 times greater than the EB value for PLA to which nucleating agent had not been added. The temperature dependence of the relative dielectric constant (εr′) and the relative dielectric loss factor (εr″) was investigated, the peak dielectric absorption value of εr″ for the PLA to which nucleating agent had been added showed a tendency that lower than that of the PLA to which nucleating agent had not been added.
