Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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Volume 59: Issue 3
Characterization of Silver Flake Lubricants
Authors:
D. Lu Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering and Packaging Research Center Atlanta GA 30332-0245 USA Atlanta GA 30332-0245 USA

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C. Wong Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering and Packaging Research Center Atlanta GA 30332-0245 USA Atlanta GA 30332-0245 USA

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Pages:
729–740
Online Publication Date:
02 Nov 2004
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2000
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010193402130
Keywords:
characterization; fatty acids; interaction; lubricants; silver flakes; thermal behavior
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Abstract  

There is a thin layer of organic lubricant on commercial silver (Ag) flakes that are widely used as the fillers in electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs). This lubricant layer highly affects the properties such as conductivity of the ECAs. Therefore, understanding the behavior of Ag flake lubricant layer is essential for developing high performance ECAs. This work is aimed at studying the chemical nature of the lubricant layer, interaction between the lubricant layer and Ag flakes, and thermal behavior of the lubricants during heating. A blank Ag powder is ball-milled into Ag flakes with five fatty acids that have different carbon–hydrogen chain length as lubricants. After lubrication, the Ag flakes are studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetry (TG), and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). It is found that (i) Ag flakes lubricated with fatty acids of different chain lengths have exothermic DSC peaks and mass losses at different temperatures, (ii) the lubricant layer on the lubricated Ag flake surfaces is a salt formed between the acid and Ag, and (iii) exothermic DSC peaks (in air) of a lubricated Ag flake is probably due to the oxidation of lubricant layer on the Ag flake surface.

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1388-6150
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1572-8943

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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