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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a semiconductive resin composition. More specifically, the invention relates to a semiconductive resin composition excellent in reproducibility of volume resistivity, in which volume resistivity can be controlled to a desired value in its semiconductive region, production method thereof, a product formed by using the composition and uses of various articles using the molded product.
• BACKGROUND ART Materials having volume resistivity of 10 6 to 10 12 ⁇ cm which is at the level intermediate between the volume resistivity of metals and that of insulating materials, are generally called ⁇ semiconductive resins".
• Semiconductive resins with their advantages in antistatic property, dust-adsorption preventing property and the like, are used in fields where static control is required, for example, such a material is used as resin material for charging components like charging rolls, charging belts and discharging belts of image formation devices such as electrophotographic copiers and electrostatic recording devices and like containers for transporting semiconductor components.
• examples of method for imparting conductivity to an electrically insulative resin include (1) a method of adding surfactant, (2) a method of converting the resin into alloy with a hydrophilic polymer having a conductive unit in its molecule and (3) a method of mixing the resin with conductive material such as metal or carbon material .
• the method (1) using surfactant is a method of expressing conductivity by allowing a low molecular weight surfactant to bleed out on the resin surface and absorb moisture present in the atmosphere.
• the volume resistivity obtained here is on the order of 10 s to 10 12 ⁇ cm and when the surface is washed, the surfactant having bled out there is washed away to thereby reduce conductivity.
• the method (2) involving conversion into alloy with hydrophilic polymer since ion mobility dominates conductivity, the obtained volume resistivity is limited to, at most, a range of 10 9 to 10 12 ⁇ cm. Further, in a polymer alloy, since the size or shape of a dispersion phase is easily changed according to forming conditions, it is difficult to stably form a ion conducting path and as a result, the resistivity cannot be controlled precisely.
• this method can form an island structure of dispersion phase resin in the matrix resin (sea) to disrupt contact between fine carbon fibers with the dispersion phase resin, to thereby obtain semiconductivity.
• this method as in the foregoing method of conversion into alloy with hydrophilic polymer, since it is difficult to control the size or shape of the dispersion phase according to forming conditions, semiconductivity cannot be stably obtained.
• the present invention provides a stable semiconductive resin composition realizing small change in volume resistivity even if fluctuations of around 10 mass% in the conductive filler content occur, by suppressing phenomenon of rapid decrease in resistance caused by addition of conductive filler to an electrically insulative resin.
• threshold value of percolation indicates the mass content of a conductive filler when the volume resistivity of resin drastically changes from an insulative region to a conductive region in adding the conductive filler to the resin.
• the following semiconductive resin composition a product using the composition and uses of various articles using the molded product, can be provided.
• the semiconductive resin composition according to 4 comprising from 1 to 10 mass% of conductive filler (A) and from 5 to 19 mass% of conductive filler (B) in thermoplastic resin.
• thermoplastic resin 6
• the total content of conductive filler (A) and conductive filler (B) in the thermoplastic resin is 20 mass% or less.
• conductive filler (A) is fine graphitic fiber having a fiber diameter of 3.5 to 120 nm.
• conductive filler (B) is fine graphitic fiber having a fiber diameter of 120 to 500 nm, carbon fiber having a fiber diameter of 3 to 12 ⁇ m or carbon particles having a particle size of 1 to 500 urn.
• thermoplastic resin is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS resin, polyacetal, polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyphenylene ether, polyphenylene sulfide, polyether ether ketone, polyether ketone, polysulfone, polyether sulfone, polyether imide, liquid crystal polymer, cycloolefin polymer, fluorine resin, polyimide and polybenzimidazole.
• the thermoplastic resin is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS resin, polyacetal, polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyphenylene ether, polyphenylene sulfide, polyether ether ketone, polyether ketone, polysulfone, polyether sulfone, polyether imide, liquid crystal polymer, cycloolefin polymer, fluorine
• conductive filler (B) is fine graphitic fiber having a fiber diameter of 120 to 500 run, carbon fiber having a fiber diameter of 3 to 12 ⁇ m or carbon particles having a particle size of 1 to 500 ⁇ m.
• thermoplastic resin is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS resin, polyacetal, polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyphenylene ether, polyphenylene sulfide, polyether ether ketone, polyether ketone, polysulfone, polyether sulfone, polyether iraide, liquid crystal polymer, cycloolefin polymer, fluorine resin, polyir ⁇ ide and polybenzimidazole.
• conductive fillers (A) is a fine graphitic fiber in melt-blending conductive fillers (A) and (B) in the thermoplastic resin and rupture of the fine graphitic fiber is controlled to be 20 % or less.
• 31 The formed product according to any one of 22 to 28, formed of the semiconductive resin composition described in any one of 1 to 10, wherein the number of particles having a particle size of 1 ⁇ m or more dropping off the surface of the formed body is 5000 pcs/cm 2 per unit area or less when the formed body having a surface area of 100 to 1000 cm 2 is immersed in 500 ml of pure water and ultrasonic wave of 40 kHz is applied for 60 seconds. 32.
• a part used in transportation comprising the formed product according to any one of 22 to 28.
• a part used in transportation in clean room comprising the formed product according to any one of 22 to 28.
• the present invention can provide a semiconductive resin in which change in volume resistivity is controlled to be within a range of 10 x ⁇ 1 ⁇ cm even if fluctuation of 10 mass% or so occurs in the conductive filler content, by adding to the resin at least two kinds of conductive fillers having threshold values of percolation different from each other by a range of 20 to 60 mass%, each of the threshold values being measured at the time of adding each of the fillers singly to the resin.
• ""change in volume resistivity is controlled to be within a range of 10 x ⁇ 1 ⁇ cm" means that the difference in numbers of digits between the original volume resistivity and the after-change volume resistivity (in a precise sense, common logarithm values) mostly falls within two digits, preferably one digit or less.
• X represents an arbitrary number of 2 to 11.
• the conductive fillers used in the present invention include at least two kinds of conductive fillers whose threshold values of percolation is different from each other by a specific range of difference.
• conductive filler (A) and conductive filler (B)".
• conductive filler (B) In a case where three or more kinds of conductive fillers are added, two of them need to meet the following requirements, and as long as the effects of the invention is not affected, types or properties of the other fillers may be determined according to uses of the invention.
• conductive filler (A) which enables expression of conductivity when added even in a small amount is described.
• conductive filler (A) used in the present invention include (1) fine graphitic fiber and (2) carbon nanotube.
• (1) fine graphitic fiber those having a fiber diameter of 50 to 500 nm and an aspect ratio of 100 to 1000 are preferred. Further explanation will be made later.
• (2) carbon nanotube those having a fiber diameter of 1 to 5-0 nm and an aspect ratio of 100 to 1000 are preferred.
• Particularly preferred among the above conductive fillers is (1) fine graphitic fiber.
• carbon nanotube which is nanometer-order particles, has a large cohesive energy and therefore, it tends to form secondary particles and further form higher-order particles from agglomeration of secondary particles. Since it is very difficult to disperse these agglomerated particles in form of primary particles by use of shearing force at the time of kneading, the agglomerated particles are present in the resin in their agglomerated forms, whereby realize conductivity through linkage between particles.
• controlling conductivity to be within a specific range depends on controlling dispersion of agglomerated particles at the time of kneading, in other words, on how precisely the size of agglomerated particles can be controlled.
• (1) fine graphitic fiber, which forms agglomerated particles through electrostatic-like weak force is advantageous in that the agglomerated particles can be easily raveled out by use of shearing force at the time of kneading so that each of the primary particles can be reproduced well and dispersed uniformly in the resin. Accordingly, in light of the purpose , of controlling resistance in a semiconductive region, the fiber can be said to be a good conductive filler.
• the mode of the fine graphitic fiber is described.
• the fiber diameter of the fine graphitic fiber be within a range of 50 to 500 nm. If the fiber diameter is less than 50 nm, the surface energy increases exponentially, which leads to rapid increase in cohesive force between filaments . In a case where such a fine graphitic fiber is blended in and kneaded with resin, it is not sufficiently dispersed, resulting in agglomerated particles scattering in the resin, failing to efficiently form a conductive network and obtain reproducibility of conductivity. Further, agglomerated particles remaining to such defective dispersion cannot obtain a cross-linking effect with conductive filler (B) described later, deteriorating uniform stable resistivity.
• the fiber diameter exceeds 500 run, a larger amount of the fine graphitic fiber will be required in order to achieve a desired conductivity, markedly deteriorating stability of conductivity.
• the reason lies in growth mechanism of fine carbonaceous fibers (product generated immediately after reaction, before graphitization treatment) in chemical vapor-grown method.
• fine carbonaceous fibers product generated immediately after reaction, before graphitization treatment
• thermally-decomposed carbon is dissolved in catalyst fine particles of several nanometers order and deposited, fibers grow in the longitudinal direction as the first stage (growth of hollow tubes) . It is said that this growth in the longitudinal direction ends in the very early stage of the reaction.
• thermally decomposed carbon is deposited and accumulated on the outer wall of the hollow tubes, fibers grow in the radial direction.
• the fiber length is mostly determined at the early stage of the reaction and the fiber diameter is determined by the reaction time. Therefore, naturally, the larger the fiber diameter, the smaller the aspect ratio of the fine carbonaceous fiber.
• a large amount of conductive filler must be added in order to impart conductivity to the resin, which leads to increase in the threshold value of percolation.
• the difference in the threshold values of percolation from conductive filler (B) tends to become small, which leads to failure in obtaining stable region of conductivity.
• the aspect ratio of the fine graphitic fiber be within a range of 100 to 1000, more preferably 120 to 500, still more preferably 150 to 300.
• the amount of the fine graphitic fiber added to resin must be 10 mass%, narrowing the difference in threshold values of percolation from conductive filler (B) , which causes failure in stabilization of conductivity.
• the aspect ratio exceeded 1000, the phenomenon that an increase in the aspect ratio caused a decrease in the threshold value did not occur.
• the average interplanar spacing d O o2 of the fine graphitic fiber used in the invention be within a range of 0.336 to 0.343 niti, more preferably 0.337 to 0.341 nm, still more preferably 0.338 to 0.340 nm.
• the fine carbonaceous fiber obtained by the reaction will grow in the radial direction like tree rings, as mentioned above, through parallel accumulation of thermally decomposed carbon on hollow tubes.
• interplanar spacing d O o 2 - The carbon graphene accumulated on the hollow tubes is- arranged in a very disorderly manner immediately after the reaction and when microscopically observed, the fiber surface is rough. By heating this, the arrangement of the graphene can be orderly and the fiber surface can be smooth. As a result, electron mobility in the fiber can be enhanced and contact resistance can be reduced.
• conductivity can be imparted to the resin.
• fine graphitic fiber capable of attaining volume resistivity of 10 6 ⁇ cm or less when added alone to thermoplastic resin in an amount of 2 to 10 mass% be used, more preferably in an amount of 2.5 to 9 mass%, even more preferably 3 to 8 mass%. If an amount exceeding 10 mass% of fine graphitic fiber must be added to attain volume resistivity of the resin of 10 6 ⁇ cm or less, the difference in threshold values of percolation from conductive filler (B) becomes small and stability of conductivity tends to deteriorate.
• the amount of fine graphitic fiber to be added in combination with conductive filler (B) to thermoplastic resin be within a range of 1 to 10 mass%, more preferably 2 to 9 mass%, still more preferably 2.5 to 8 mass%.
• the addition amount of fine graphitic fiber is less than 1 mass%, when the content of conductive fillers ( (A) + (B) ) fluctuates by 10 mass%, fluctuation range in the volume resistivity of the resin tends to be larger than 10* 1 QCm. On the other hand, if the addition amount of fine graphitic fiber exceeds 10 mass%, the volume resistivity of the resin becomes smaller than 10 6 ⁇ cm and tends to fall outside the semiconductive region.
• the fine graphitic fiber having the above described characteristics, used in the present invention can be prepared by thermally decomposing carbon source (organic compound) in the presence of organic transition metal compound.
• Examples of carbon source (organic compound) serving materials for the fine graphitic fiber which can be used in the present invention include toluene, benzene, naphthalene, ethylene, acetylene, ethane, natural gases, carbon monoxide and mixtures thereof. Among them, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene and benzene are preferred.
• the organic transition metal compound contains transition metal serving as catalyst.
• the transition metal is an element of groups 4 to 10 of the periodic table. Preferred examples thereof include ferrocene and nickelocene.
• sulfur compound such as sulfur and thiophene may be used as a catalyst aid for the purpose of efficiently removing gases such as hydrogen adsorbed on the surface of transition metal catalyst particles to thereby enhance catalyst activity.
• the organic compound, the organic transition metal compound and the sulfur compound are supplied into a reaction furnace heated to a temperature range of 800 to 1300 0 C to thermally decompose to thereby obtain fine carbonaceous fiber.
• a material obtained by dissolving organic transition metal compound and sulfur compound in aromatic hydrocarbon and a material gasified at a temperature of 500 0 C or lower can be used.
• gas material which can enable uniform concentration of the raw material in the reaction tube, is preferred.
• a preferred ratio of the transition metal catalyst to sulfur compound catalyst aid is in a range of 10 to 35 mass %. If the ratio is less than 10 mass%, removal of hydrogen adsorbed on the catalyst becomes incomplete, to thereby cause disturbance in supply of carbon source to the catalyst and as a result, generation of carbon particles other than fibers tends to occur.
• catalyst activity is enhanced, which tends to result in increase in interaction between fiber filaments to cause increase in the number of branches in fiber, generation of radial fibers or the like to thereby form strongly agglomerated particles.
• the preferred ratio of the supplied amount of the raw material to the carrier gas flow (raw material (g) /gas (L)) in the reaction tube is 1 g/L or less, more preferably 0.5 g/L or less, still more preferably 0.2 g/L or less.
• concentration of the raw material in the vapor phase exceeds 1 g/L, heterogeneous nucleation of catalyst particles occurs on the surface of generated vapor grown carbon fiber and fine carbonaceous fiber filaments further generates fine carbonaceous fiber filaments from their surfaces, to thereby form a silver-frost-like fine carbonaceous fiber filaments and such a fiber alone cannot be singly dispersed.
• thermal treatment at a temperature of 900 to 1300 °C in the inert atmosphere be carried out for the purpose of removing organic substances such as tars attached to fine carbonaceous fiber surface. Also, in order to enhance conductivity of vapor grown carbon fiber, it is preferred that further treatment at a temperature of 2000 to 3500 0 C in the inert atmosphere be carried out to thereby develop crystals.
• Any heat treatment furnace used for development of crystals may be used as long as the furnace can retain at a temperature of 2000 0 C or higher, preferably 2300 0 C or higher, for example, Acheson furnace, resistance furnace and high-frequency furnace can be employed.
• a method where electricity is applied directly to powder or a molded body to heat it may be employed.
• a preferred atmosphere for thermal treatment is non- oxygenated atmosphere, more preferably, a noble gas atmosphere of one or more kinds selected from argon, helium, neon and the like.
• a noble gas atmosphere of one or more kinds selected from argon, helium, neon and the like. The shorter the thermal treatment time, the more preferable in terms of productivity. If heating is continued for a long time, the formed body is sintered and solidified, to thereby deteriorate the production yield. Generally, retention of the temperature for 10 minutes to 1 hour after the temperature of the core part of the formed body or the like has reached the target temperature is sufficient.
• boron carbide B 4 C
• boron oxide B 2 O 3
• elemental boron B 2 O 3
• boric acid H 3 BO 3
• the addition amount of boron compound cannot be flatly defined.
• the amount is in a range of 0.05 to 10 mass%, preferably 0.1 to 5 mass%, based on the amount of carbon fiber.
• a preferred boron amount contained inside fine graphitic fiber crystals or on the crystal surface is in a range of 0.01 to 5 mass%.
• more preferred amount is 0.1 mass% or more.
• the amount of boron which can be substituted into grapheme sheet is about 3 mass%. A larger amount, especially a boron amount exceeding 5 mass%, present in form of boron carbide or boron oxide and it may become a cause for decrease in conductivity.
• the fine graphitic fiber may be subjected to oxidation treatment to introduce phenolic hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, quinone group or lactone group to the surface.
• surface treatment may be conducted by using silane-based, titanate-based, aluminum-based or phosphate-based coupling agent.
• conductive filler (B) used in the invention will be described.
• conductive filler (B) used in the invention milled fibers of polyacrylonitrile-based, pitch-based or rayon-based carbon fiber can be used.
• a preferred fiber diameter is in a range of 3 to 12 ⁇ m, more preferably 4 to lO ⁇ m, still more preferably 5 to 8 ⁇ m. If the fiber diameter exceeds 12 urn, irregularities are formed by carbon fiber on surface of the formed body, resulting in difficulty in obtaining smooth surface.
• a preferred aspect ratio of carbon fiber is in a range of 10 to 40, more preferably 15 to 35, still more preferably 20 to 30. If the aspect ratio of the carbon fiber exceeds 40, the threshold value of percolation becomes far below 30 mass%, which results in that the difference in threshold values of percolation from conductive filler (A) becomes smaller than 20 mass% and stability of conductivity tends to be markedly deteriorated.
• a preferred interplanar spacing dooz is in a range of 0.338 to 0.350 nm, more preferably 0.340 to 0.348 nm, still more preferably 0.342 to 0.346 nm.
• conductive filler (B) used in the present invention carbon particles, as well as the above-mentioned milled fibers, can be used.
• a preferred particle size is in a range of 1 to 50 ⁇ m, more preferably 5 to 40 nm, still more preferably 10 to 30 ⁇ m. If the particle size is finer than 1 ⁇ m, the threshold value of percolation becomes below 30 mass%, which results in that the difference in threshold values of percolation from conductive filler (A) becomes smaller than 20 mass%, whereby stability of conductivity tends to be markedly deteriorated and flowability of the resin tends to be impaired. In contrast, if the particle size exceeds 50 ⁇ m, it tends to be difficult for fine carbon fiber to serve as linkage between carbon particles, to thereby fail to obtain stability of conductivity.
• a preferred interplanar spacing d 0 o2 is in a range of 0.336 to 0.350, more preferably 0.338 to 0.348 nm, still more preferably 0.340 to 0.346 nm.
• the conductive filler (B) used in the present invention has a threshold value of percolation which value, when the filler (B) alone is added to resin, is different from the threshold value of percolation of the conductive filler (A) by a range of 10 to 50 mass %, preferably 22.5 to 45 mass%, more preferably 25 to 40 mass%.
• the amount of the fine graphitic fiber required to obtain the volume resistivity of the resin of 10 6 ⁇ cm or less exceeds 60 mass%, flowability of the resin tends to be deteriorated although conductivity tends to be stabilized.
• the volume resistivity of the resin can be 10 6 ⁇ cm or less by addition of the conductive filler (B) in an amount less than 22 mass%, the difference in threshold values of percolation between the conductive fillers (A) and (B) becomes small and thereby stability of conductivity tends to be reduced. It is preferred that when the conductive filler (B) is added in combination with the conductive filler (A) to thermoplastic resin, the amount of the conductive filler (B) be in a range of 5 to 20 mass%, more preferably 6 to 15 mass%, still more preferably 7 to 12 mass%.
• the amount of the conductive filler (B) is less than 5 mass%, effect to supplement conductive paths of the conductive filler (A) will be lessened, which results in deterioration of stability of conductivity against -changes in conditions at the time of kneading or molding process.
• the amount of the conductive filler (B) exceeds 20 mass%, flowability of the resin at the time of molding and flexibility of the molded product tends to be markedly deteriorated. Moreover, it is preferred that the total amount of the conductive fillers ( (A) + (B) ) in the thermoplastic resin be 20 mass% or less, more preferably 18 mass% or less, still more preferably 16 mass% or less.
• thermoplastic resin If the total amount of the conductive fillers ( (A) + (B) ) in the thermoplastic resin exceeds 20 mass%, flowability of the resin at the time of molding and/or flexibility of the molded product tends to be deteriorated.
• thermoplastic resin used in the present invention is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, cycloolefin polymer, nylon 11, nylon 12, nylon 6, nylon 610, nylon 612, nylon 66, aromatic polyamide, AS resin (acrylonitrile/styrene copolymer), ABS resin (acrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene copolymer), polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, liquid crystal polyester, polyphenylene sulfide, polycarbonate, polysulfone, polyether sulfone, polyimide, polyether imide, polyamide imide, polyether ketone, polyether ether ketone, polyacetal, polyphenylene ether, modified polypheny].ene ether, polybenzimidazole and fluorine resin.
• polyether ether ketone Preferred from the viewpoint of heat resistance and chemical resistance are polyether ether ketone, polyether sulfone, polyether imide and liquid crystal polymer, preferred from the viewpoint of dynamic strength are polycarbonate, polyphenylene ether and polybutylene terephthalate, and preferred from the viewpoint of water-absorbing prope-rty and low out-gas generation is cycloolefin polymer.
• breaking of the fine graphitic fiber be controlled to the minimum. Specifically, it is preferred that the breaking ratio of the fine graphitic fiber be controlled to 20 % or less, more preferably 15 % or less, still more preferably 10 % or less.
• inorganic filler is melt- kneaded with thermoplastic resin
• high sharing force is applied to agglomerated inorganic filler to break the agglomeration of the filer into fine particles and then the filler is dispersed uniformly into the molten resin.
• kneaders generating high shearing force many of those employing millstone mechanism, such as a twin-screw unidirectional extruder having introduced therein a kneading disc applying high shearing force onto screw elements, are used. However, when such a kneader is used, filaments of the fine graphitic fiber will be broken.
• a preferred method for introducing the fine graphitic fiber into a kneader is a method o-f introducing it into molten resin.
• a preferred kneading method is that pellets of the resin are introduced into a hopper in the upstream of the kneader, the resin pellets are melted with heating from a heater and shearing heat from the screws, and then the fine graphitic fiber is side-fed from the midstream of the kneader into the molten resin. If the fine graphitic fiber and the resin pellets are introduced from the hopper into the kneader at the same time, breaking of filaments of the fine graphitic fiber by the pellets tends to proceed until melting of the pellets completes .
• the fine graphitic fiber used in the present invention having a bulk specific gravity of 0.01 to 0.1 g/cm 3 , readily involves air, it is difficult to deaerate by using a normal single-screw extruder or unidirectional two-screw extruder and the fiber cannot easily introduced into the resin.
• a batch-type pressure kneader having excellent chargeability and capable of suppressing breaking of fiber, can be used.
• the resin kneaded by a batch-type pressure kneader may be introduced before solidified into a single-screw extruder to form it into pellets.
• injection-molding method examples include, other than generally used methods, various methods such as insert injection molding where the material is integrally molded with metal components or other components, double-color injection molding, core-back injection molding, sandwich injection molding and injection press molding.
• insert injection molding it is required to set appropriate conditions in consideration fro changes in surface resistance value caused by the resin temperature, the molding die temperature and the molding pressure.
• Examples of specific uses of the semiconductive resin according to the present invention- include, in electric and electronic fields, wafer carrier, wafer cassette, tote bottle, wafer boat, IC tip tray, IC tip carrier, IC carrier tube, IC card, tape packing and a reel packing, liquid crystal cassette, various cases, storage tray, storage bottle, carrier device component, a magnetic card reader, connector, computer slot, HD carrier, MR head carrier, GMR head carrier, HSA carrier, voice coil motor (VCM) of HDD and liquid crystal panel carrier; in the field of office automation equipment, electrically-charged members in image-forming apparatuses such as an electrophotographic copier and an electrostatic recording apparatus, such as a charged roller, a charged belt, a discharging belt, a transfer roller, a transfer belt, a developing roller, transfer drum for recording apparatus, a printed-circuit board cassette, bushing, paper and bill carrier, paper feeder rail, font cartridge, ink ribbon canister, guide pin, tray, roller, gear, sprocket, housing for computer, mode
• Benzene, ferrocene and thiophene of a mass ratio of 92 : 7 : 1 are mixed together to prepare a raw material liquid.
• the raw material liquid is supplied into an evaporator heated at 400 0 C to volatilize it.
• the volatilized raw material gas is supplied by using a carrier hydrogen gas into a SiC-made reaction furnace ( having an inner diameter of 120 mm and a height of 2000 mm) heated at 1250 0 C.
• the supply rate of the raw material is 10 g/min and the flow rate of hydrogen is 60 L/min.
• a graphite crucible (inner diameter: 100 mm, height: 150 mm) is filled with 80 g of the above-obtained reaction product and calcinated at 1000 °C for 1 hour in argon atmosphere.
• a graphite crucible (inner diameter: 100 mm, height : 150 mm) is filled with 80 g of the fine carbonaceous fiber obtained after the above calcination at 1000 0 C and graphitization treatment at 3000 0 C is carried out using a high-frequency heating furnace for 30 minutes in argon atmosphere.
• Carbon nanofiber (trade name: vapor grown carbon fiber (hereinafter referred to as VGCF-S) manufactured by SHOWA DENKO K.K.)
• CNT Carbon nanotube
• Carbon nanofiber (trade name: vapor grown carbon fiber (hereinafter referred to as VGCF) manufactured by SHOWA DENKO K. K.)
• Carbon fiber (trade name: HTA-CMF-Ol60-OH (hereinafter referred to as CF 1) manufactured by TOHO TENAX Co., Ltd.)
• Carbon fiber (trade name: HTA-CMF-OO40-OH (hereinafter referred to as CF 2) manufactured by TOHO TENAX Co., Ltd.)
• thermoplastic resin (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as PC, trade name: Iupilon S3000, manufactured by Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation) are used as a thermoplastic resin.
• PEEK polyether ether ketone
• PC polycarbonate
• the kneaded sample is molded by melt-pressing into a flat plate having a size of 100 x 100 x 2 mm and its volume resistivity values thereof are measured and the carbon filler content at which the volume resistivity value changes drastically from insulative region to current-conducting region, is regarded as the percolation threshold value.
• Injection molding is conducted to mold a flat plate (100 x 100 x 2 (thickness) mm) using a injection molding machine (trade name: ⁇ F-45", manufactured by Klockner) under the conditions of molding temperature of 400 0 C, die temperature of 180 0 C and injection speed of 50 mm/sec in the case of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) , and in the case of polycarbonate (PC) , molding temperature is 280 0 C, die temperature is 100 °-C and injection speed of 50 mm/sec.
• a injection molding machine (trade name: ⁇ F-45", manufactured by Klockner) under the conditions of molding temperature of 400 0 C, die temperature of 180 0 C and injection speed of 50 mm/sec in the case of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) , and in the case of polycarbonate (PC) , molding temperature is 280 0 C, die temperature is 100 °-C and injection speed of 50 mm/sec.
• Compression molding is conducted at 280 0 C with a pressure of 200 kgf/cm 2 using a thermoforming machine manufactured by Nippo engineering Co., LTD.
• Sheet molding is conducted at 280 0 C for PC and 370 0 C for PEEK, using a T-die (with 250 mm in width and 200 urn in thickness) and an uniaxial extruder having a diameter of with 30 mm ⁇ (manufactured by SOKEN) .
• the results are shown in Table 2.
• o is the case where change in volume resistivity of the resin satisfies 10 x ⁇ 1 ⁇ cm (2___X ⁇ 11)
• x is the case where change in volume resistivity of the resin does not satisfy 10 x ⁇ 1 ⁇ cm (2 ⁇ X ⁇ 11) .
• a measuring method of shape parameter of conductive filler is described below.
• Conductive fillers are observed by a scanning electron microscope at magnification of x 100 to 30,000.
• the micrographic images are input into an image analyzer (trade name: "LUZEX-AP", manufactured by NIRECO Corporation) and fiber diameter or minor axis of 300 conductive filler filaments are measured to obtain a number average fiber diameter or particle size.
• KETJENBLACK is observed by a scanning electron microscope at magnification of x 500,000 and subjected to the same analysis as described above.
• Conductive fillers are observed continuously by an aspect ratio scanning electron microscope at magnification of x 100 to 3,000 panoramically. The obtained images are input into the image analyzer and fiber length or major axes of 300 conductive filler filaments are measured to obtain a- number average fiber length. Aspect ratio is calculated by dividing an average fiber length by an average fiber diameter.
• a specific surface area is measured by nitrogen gas absorption method using NOVA 1000 (trade name, manufactured by Yuasa Ionics Inc.).
• 1 g of conductive filler is put into a 100 ml of measuring cylinder.
• a bulk density is obtained by measuring content after shaking the cylinder for 1 minute with a shaker.
• a resistivity is obtained by using a silver paste which has lower resistivity than that of carbon filler, adding the carbon filler to the silver paste, increasing the content of the carbon filler in the silver paste and extrapolating the value based on 100 % of carbon filler.
• Measurement of volume resistivity of a molded body is conducted with an insulation resistance meter (high resistance meter, trade name: R8340, manufactured by ADVANTEST CORPORATION), on molded bodies having a volume resistivity of 10 s ⁇ cm or more.
• an insulation resistance meter trade name: R8340, manufactured by ADVANTEST CORPORATION
• a four-probe method (trade name:Loresta HP MCP-T410, manufactured by Mitsubishi chemical corporation) is used.
• PEEK resin composition 1 g of the composition is immersed in hot concentrated sulfuric acid for 10 hours. This is subjected to filtration, water washing and drying to recover the filler contained in the resin.
• PC resin composition 1 g of the composition is immersed in chloroform for 10 hours. This is subjected to filtration, water washing and drying to recover the filler contained in the resin.
• COP(cyclo olefin polymer) resin composition 1 g of the composition is placed in a graphite crucible and calcinated at 1000 0 C in the presence of argon to decompose the resin, and whereby the filler alone is recovered.
• the recovered fiber is observed by an electron microscope to obtain a number average fiber length by an image analysis.
• test sample Two pieces of test sample (total area: 12.6 cm 2 ) of 22 x 10 x 3 mm are cut out from a molded body.
• a gas is extracted from the sample under the conditions of a heating temperature of 85 0 C, an equilibration time of 16 hours in a 22 ml-volume vial into which 10 ⁇ L of n-octane is added as an internal standard substance.
• the gas generated in the vial is measured by gas chromatogram (GC/MS) . The measurement condition is shown below.
• Inlet temperature 230 0 C
• Interface temperature 280 0 C
• Carrier gas helium
• Injection volume 2 ml.
• the total amount of outgas, the generated amount of methylene chloride and n-heptane, are calculated from the following method.
• Total outgas amount ( ⁇ g/g) (total peak area of sample - total peak area of blank) / (n-octane peak area/ n-octane mass (g) ) x 1/ (sample mass(g))
• Generated methylene chloride amount ( ⁇ g/g) (peak area of methylene chloride) / (peak area of n-octane /n-octane mass (g) ) x 1/ (sample mass (g) )
• the semiconductive resin composition according to the invention can be used in a wide range, for example, in electrical and electronic fields, as wafer carrier, wafer cassette, tote bottle, wafer boat, IC tip tray, IC tip carrier, IC carrier tube, IC card, tape packing and reel packing, liquid crystal cassette, various cases, storage tray, storage bottle, carrier device components, magnetic card reader, connector, computer slot, HD carrier, MR head carrier, GMR head carrier, HSA carrier, a voice coil motor (VCM) of HDD or liquid crystal panel carrier; in the field of office automation equipment, as electrically-charged members in image-forming apparatuses such as an electrophotographic copier and an electrostatic recording apparatus, such as charged roller, charged belt, neutralized belt transfer roller, transfer belt and developing roller; a transfer drum for recording apparatus, printed-circuit board cassette,

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