Polymer Blend Conducts Heat Ten Times More Efficiently Than Conventional Plastics

Chemistry





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Joseph Xu, University of Michigan Engineering

While plastics have become an indispensable material in modern society, they are not very useful for certain applications because of how heat doesn't disappate from them easily. However, a group of material scientists have developed a polymer blend that not only exceeds the heat dissipation of other plastics, but is about ten times more efficient than conventional materials like metal and ceramic as well.