Studies on Structural and Conducting Properties of Goethite Nanoparticles Doped HPMC Polymer Films

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</svg>)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">1 kHz</td><td align="center">10 kHz</td><td align="center">100 kHz</td><td align="center">1 MHz</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pure HPMC</td><td align="center">0.062</td><td align="center">0.175</td><td align="center">7.84</td><td align="center">4.65</td></tr><tr><td align="left">0.01% Goethite: HPMC</td><td align="center">9.63</td><td align="center">19.2</td><td align="center">23.5</td><td align="center">28.1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">0.02% Goethite: HPMC</td><td align="center">18.5</td><td align="center">47.6</td><td align="center">95.1</td><td align="center">139.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">0.03% Goethite: HPMC</td><td align="center">18.6</td><td align="center">47.8</td><td align="center">92.9</td><td align="center">137.0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Conductivity values of the samples at different AC frequencies.

Journal of Polymers

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Table 2: Studies on Structural and Conducting Properties of Goethite Nanoparticles Doped HPMC Polymer Films 