Experimental study on resistance stability and durability of road active deicing conductive Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer rubber composites

Abstract

Active deicing is the main way to deal with snow and ice disaster now. In order to realize the purpose of active heating deicing, a kind of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) multilayer composite with conductivity is proposed in this paper. The resistance stability of conductive EPDM rubber composite is measured after pressure sensitivity, freezing-thawing cycle and high-temperature tests. The results show that the conductive EPDM rubber composite developed in this paper has good compression stability and good resistance durability after low temperature freezing-thawing cycle and high-temperature test.