HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. announced successful testing of its certified pure graphene's electrical and thermal conductivity in epoxy resins, which is a USD 12 billion market. High-value enterprises looking to increase conductivity of their epoxy resins include applications where risks of mechanical or thermal cracking are high, as well as in EMI shielding, electronics and semiconductor manufacturing. Testing was completed by Haydale Graphene Industries (AIM: HAYD), a global technology solutions company and leader in the design, development and commercialization of advanced materials using graphene and other nanomaterials.

The results highlighted graphene's further benefits to conductive resins, with tests showing increases in electrical conductivity 8 orders of magnitude greater than the control. Thermal conductivity tests demonstrated increases of 14%, which showed linear improvement with increased loading (amounts of graphene added). These improvements in conductivity did not suffer any degradation of mechanical properties.

Electrical and thermal conductivity have become increasingly important to improve the performance of products in many applications. Controlled electrical conductivity is critical for circuit boards, electromagnetic interference shielding and sensors, to name a few uses. Thermal conductivity is important where heat management is required.

This applies to large, complex applications in aerospace and automotives and to everyday electronics, from computers to mobile phones. This testing and application development will enhance HydroGraph's current pipeline of potential customers, with 20+ businesses taking quantities of graphene sufficient for end-user testing.