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In-situ polymerization of pyrrole was carried out with strontium arsenate (ceramics) in the existence of oxidizing agent ammonium persulphate to synthesize polypyrrole/strontium arsenate composites by chemical oxidation method. The polypyrrole/strontium arsenate composites were synthesized with various compositions viz., 10 to 50 wt % of strontium arsenate was placed in polypyrrole. The surface morphologies of these composites were analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) which confirmed the embedment of strontium arsenate particles in PPy chain. The Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectra (FTIR) revealed the shift of lengthens frequencies towards elevated frequency area. The powder X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD) disclosed the crystalline behavior exhibition of the composites. Thermographs of thermal analysis (TG/DTA) exposed the stronger stability of polypyrrole/strontium arsenate composites than PPy. D.C. conductivity reveals that, the strontium arsenate concentration in polypyrrole is accountable for the variant of conductivity of the composites. The results of the study signify the increment of D.C. conductivity for 40 wt % of strontium arsenate in polypyrrole. The temperature reliant conductivity dimension shows the thermally activated exponential behavior of PPy/Sr3(AsO4)2 composites. The reduction in electrical resistance was experienced, when the polymer composites were bare to the wide range of relative humidity (Rh) (from 30 to 95%). This reduce is due to enhance in surface electrical conductivity ensuing from humidity fascination and also due to capillary abridgment of water causing change in conductivity within the sensing materials. The composite shows sensitivity in the range 30 to 95% Rh, we also studied response and recovery time.
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Ganiger, S.K., Murugendrappa, M.V. Lab Scale Study on Humidity Sensing and D.C. Conductivity of Polypyrrole/Strontium Arsenate (Sr3(AsO4)2) Ceramic Composites. Polym. Sci. Ser. B 60, 395–404 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560090418030119
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