The aim of this study was to analyze and discriminate electrical tapes using the wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry and statistical techniques. The backings of 46 white electrical tapes were analyzed. A discrimination of 90.4% was performed only by quantitative analysis of major elements (relative ratio of Cl to Ca). Ten distinct groups with a discrimination of 78.9% were yielded only by qualitative analysis of trace elements. Ninety-nine electrical tape pairs which could not be discriminated by major elements were further compared with the characteristics of trace elements. The overall discriminating power of 96.1% was obtained by the combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The ability of XRF technique to discriminate different electrical tapes was similar to several well-known methods combined.
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Materials (Basel)
January 2025
School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China.
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CESPU, Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte, Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, 4760-409 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal.
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December 2024
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.
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December 2024
Laboratory of Structure of Polymer Materials, Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymer Materials Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPM RAS), Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia.
The stages of solid-state processing of nanocomposites, based on nascent disentangled ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (d-UHMWPE) reactor powders (RPs) and carbon nanoparticles (NPs) of various types, were meticulously investigated. The potential for optimizing the filler distribution through variation of the processing parameters, and the impact of the d-UHMWPE RP and nanofiller type on the electrical conductivity of the resulting composites were discussed. The specifics of the dependences of conductivity and tensile strength on the deformation ratio for the composites, oriented under homogeneous shear conditions, were investigated.
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J-AP2S Laboratory, University of Toulon, Toulon, France.
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