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To: WildHighlander57

Revised by, ... Theodore E. VanKampen, in Reference Data for Engineers (Ninth Edition), 2002
Conductive Plastic
Conductive plastic is an ink formulated from carbon, other proprietary materials, a resin, and solvent. It is applied to a substrate by screening, dipping, or comolding. The low curing temperature (150 to 300 °C) of the ink allows it to be applied to a wide variety of substrates.
Conductive-plastic potentiometers are most notable for their high rotational life, and they are used most frequently as machine-operated servo-controls. Another desirable feature is their low noise or output smoothness.
Resistance ranges in sheet resistivities of up to 50 000 Ω/□ are available with temperature coefficients of ±500 ppm/°C. As with cermets, ultimate resistance values are limited by substrate geometry.

Typical thermally formed plastics usually require embedded materials or paint to provide an EMC coating, but not all plastics do.


1,303 posted on 09/16/2021 7:18:00 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: reed13k

More info:

onductive plastics are presently used in, or being developed industrially for antistatic substances for photographic film, shields for computer screen against electromagnetic radiation, and for “smart” windows (that can exclude sunlight on demand).
From: Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition), 2003


1,304 posted on 09/16/2021 7:18:53 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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There still needs to be a power source, transmitter circuit, and antenna, all sufficiently small enough to fit into the gauge of needle used to administer the shot.

Not possible.


1,310 posted on 09/16/2021 7:24:52 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000) )
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