Conductive fibers can be used in fields such as antistatic textiles, anti-electromagnetic radiation textiles, smart textiles and military textiles.
1. Antistatic textiles
Conductive fiber is a functional fiber with electronic conduction as the mechanism, which eliminates static electricity through electronic conduction and corona discharge. Because the fiber contains free electrons, its antistatic properties are not dependent on humidity; the conductive fiber has a short charge half-life, in any case, it can eliminate static electricity in a very short time, and use conductive fiber to prevent the generation and harm of static electricity. Broad environmental adaptability. According to the conductivity of the conductive fiber and the structure of the fabric, the antistatic effect can be achieved by mixing 0.05% to 5% of the conductive fiber in the general fiber. Work clothes made of conductive fiber with antistatic effect, suitable for oil fields, petroleum processing, coal mines, electronics industry, photosensitive material industry and other flammable and explosive occasions, and also suitable for dust-free sterile clothing or special filter materials Wait.
2. Anti-electromagnetic radiation textiles
Electromagnetic shielding is the use of low-resistivity conductive materials to reflect and guide electromagnetic currents, and generate current and magnetic polarization opposite to the original magnetic field in the conductive material, thereby reducing the radiation effect of the original electromagnetic field. Conductive fibers used as protection against electromagnetic radiation require very low resistivity, usually only 10-6 to 10-2Ω/cm. In recent years, due to the wide application of electronic and electrical equipment and communication equipment, the interference of electromagnetic radiation caused equipment misoperation, image and sound obstacles, and harm to the human body, etc., which aroused people's attention to the development of electromagnetic shielding materials. The development of low-resistivity conductive fibers and the tight market are also triggered by this. Using the electromagnetic shielding properties of conductive fibers, it can be used to make electromagnetic shields for precision electronic components, high-frequency welding machines, etc., to make walls and ceilings of houses with special requirements, and wall coverings that absorb radio waves. In Japan, conductive fibers coated with copper on the surface are blended or made into non-woven fabrics, which are now widely used as electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing materials, such as electromagnetic wave absorbing covers for ships.
3. Sensor textile
The flexible conductive fiber uses the principle of electronic sensors to make sensor textiles, which have the advantages of lightness and portability, and are widely used in various fields. Japan's Taiyo Industry Co., Ltd. uses carbon fiber to develop a sensor that detects the maximum strain, which can be used for safety diagnosis of structures such as buildings, roads, factories, airplanes, and ropeways.
4. Military textiles
The future war will be an informationized war under high-tech conditions. In such wars, the pace of operations is fast, the frequency of offensive and defensive transitions is fast, and the war situation is changing rapidly, and traditional soldiers' combat equipment appears to be seriously backward. To improve the comprehensive combat capabilities of soldiers in the modern battlefield, it is necessary to improve the soldiers' ability to acquire, process, and transmit information, so that the soldiers' understanding of the battlefield situation can reach a higher level. Informationized clothing made of conductive fibers just meets this. One requirement.
