Thermally conductive composition and thermally conductive molded body
The present invention provides a thermally conductive composition in which the flexibility of the thermally conductive composition is not impaired, and even when cured into a thermally conductive molded body, good bendability, an excellent handling property, and excellent thermal conductivity are exhibited, and provides a molded body of the thermally conductive composition. A thermally conductive composition, in which a thermally conductive filler is contained in a polymer matrix, includes a methyl phenyl silicone, characterized in that the thermally conductive filler has an average particle size of 10 to 100 μm, the content of the thermally conductive filler in the thermally conductive composition is 70% to 90% by volume, and 30% to 80% by volume of the thermally conductive filler has a particle size of 40 μm or more. A thermally conductive molded body is formed of a cured body of the thermally conductive composition.
1. A thermally conductive molded body formed of a cured body of a thermally conductive composition comprising:
an addition-reaction-curable polymer matrix;
a thermally conductive filler contained in the addition-reaction-curable polymer matrix, and
a non-reactive methyl phenyl silicone oligomer contained in the addition-reaction-curable polymer matrix,
wherein the thermally conductive filler has an average particle size of 10 to 100 μm, the content of the thermally conductive filler in the thermally conductive composition is 70% to 90% by volume, and 30% to 80% by volume of the thermally conductive filler has a particle size of 40 μm or more,
wherein the content of the methyl phenyl silicone in the thermally conductive composition is 1% to 10% by volume,
wherein the thermally conductive filler is at least one selected from aluminum oxide and aluminum nitride, and does not contain magnesium oxide, and
wherein the thermally conductive molded body has a thermal conductivity of 4.5 W/m·K or more.
2. The thermally conductive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the methyl phenyl silicone has a refractive index, in accordance with JIS K 0062:1992, of 1.427 or more.
3. The thermally conductive composition according to claim 1 , wherein 20% to 50% by volume of the thermally conductive filler has a particle size of less than 5 μm.
4. The thermally conductive composition according to claim 1 wherein the total content of particles of the thermally conductive filler with a particle size of 40 μm or more and particles of the thermally conductive filler with a particle size of less than 5 μm is 90% by volume or more in the whole thermally conductive filler.
5. The thermally conductive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer matrix is an addition-reaction-curable silicone.
6. The thermally conductive molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive molded body is sheet-shaped.
7. The thermally conductive molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive molded body has an E hardness of 20 to 70.
8. The thermally conductive molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the addition-reactive curable polymer matrix and the methyl phenyl silicone oligomer in preparing the thermally conductive composition before mixing the thermally conductive filler are observed to be white turbid.
9. The thermally conductive molded body according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the methyl phenyl silicone is 2.3% to 8.2% by volume relative to 100% by volume of the thermally conductive composition.
10. A thermally conductive molded body formed of a cured body of a thermally conductive composition comprising:
an addition-reaction-curable polymer matrix;
a thermally conductive filler contained in the addition-reaction-curable polymer matrix, and
a non-reactive methyl phenyl silicone oil contained in the addition-reaction-curable polymer matrix,
wherein the thermally conductive filler has an average particle size of 10 to 100 μm, the content of the thermally conductive filler in the thermally conductive composition is 70% to 90% by volume, and 30% to 80% by volume of the thermally conductive filler has a particle size of 40 μm or more,
wherein the content of the methyl phenyl silicone in the thermally conductive composition is 1% to 10% by volume,
wherein the thermally conductive filler is at least one selected from aluminum oxide and aluminum nitride, and does not contain magnesium oxide, and
wherein the thermally conductive molded body has a thermal conductivity of 4.5 W/m·K or more.
11. The thermally conductive composition according to claim 1 wherein the total content of particles of the thermally conductive filler with a particle size of 70 μm or more and particles of the thermally conductive filler with a particle size of less than 5 μm is 90% by volume or more in the whole thermally conductive filler.
12. The thermally conductive molded body according to claim 10 , wherein the addition-reactive curable polymer matrix and the non-reactive methyl phenyl silicone oil in preparing the thermally conductive composition before mixing the thermally conductive filler are observed to be white turbid.