Sample

Filler Content

(Vol%)

Effective thermal conductivity of composites (W/m-k)

Rule of mixture

model

Parallel

model

Maxwell

model

Experimental

1

0

0.310

0.310

0.310

0.310

2

10

0.176

0.282

0.273

0.284

3

20

0.123

0.255

0.238

0.130

4

30

0.094

0.228

0.206

0.100

5

40

0.077

0.2

0.176

0.069

6

50

0.064

0.173

0.168

0.048