Dynamic mechanical properties of poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) filled with powders of carbon fibers (CFP, powder of carbon fiber and GFP, that of graphite fiber) in the range of 0-0.4 in volume fraction (φ
r), were investigated. During the blending with a hot mixing roll, the particles of CFP in PVC were broken, but those of GFP were observed to be almost unchanged. The particles of CFP or GFP in PVC aligned parallel to the mixing-roll direction and composites with comparatively good filler orientation are obtained. The storage modulus (E′) increases by adding CFP or GFP to PVC, the E' values of the specimens cut parallel (P) to the rolling direction are greater than those cut vertically (V). The application of the mixing laws to the relative modulus (E
c′/E
m′) revealed that Wu's equation reproduces the modulus at φ
r=0.138 of CFP-1 (P) sample and that the modified Halpin-Tsai's equation reproduces the one at φ
r=0.113 of GFP-1 (V) in the glassy region. In the rubbery region (T=T
g+20°C), the relative modulus of the samples (P) is less and that of the samples (V) is greater than the value estimated from Mooney's equation. The
Bv values of PVC-CFP interaction were estimated to be 0.23-0.31 and 0.57-0.72 in CFP (P) and (V) systems, 0.26-0.28 and 0.71-1.01 in GFP (P) and (V) systems, respectively, at T=T
g-70°C from the relative modulus.
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