The field-dependent rheological properties of plate-like carbonyl iron particle-based magnetorheological elastomers

Abstract

This paper investigated the rheological properties of a novel magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) with plate-like carbonyl iron particles (CIPs) as magnetic particles. MRE samples with different shape of CIPs; plate-like (MRE-P) and spherical-like (MRE-S), were prepared. The current work further highlights the effects of varying curing magnetic field towards the rheological properties. X-ray diffraction and magnetic properties analysis were carried out to observe not only the surface morphology of the CIPs but also the cross-section of CIPs in the MRE samples. Rheological properties such as strain amplitude, frequency, and magnetic field sweep test were measured using a rotational rheometer. The MRE-P samples demonstrated higher storage modulus and the loss factor lower than MRE-S. Besides that, the MR effect of MRE-P samples is slightly lower than that of MRE-S correspond to 114% and 137%, respectively.