| Abstract: | This paper reports results on the dielectric properties of carbon black filled crosslinked polyethylene composites. These systems are shown to follow percolative type models. The dielectric constant increases slowly, with carbon black concentration, up to roughly the percolation concentration and then increases rapidly over the whole concentration ranges studied. The dissipation factor-concentration curves are bell-shaped with maximum values at approximately the percolation concentration. The dielectric properties of these systems are discussed in terms of interfacial Maxwell-Wagner polarization effects. |
