Study on the heating behavior of Ni-embedded thermoplastic polyurethane adhesive film via induction heating

The heating behavior of nanoscopic and microscopic Nickel particle-embedded thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) adhesive under induction heating is studied. Different particle sizes and content of Nickel were applied to TPU with varying film thicknesses and output power of the induction heater. From the results, heat generation of the TPU films increased with increases in Nickel content, TPU film thickness, and output power. The heat generation of the Nickel particle-embedded TPU films was in the order of 70 nm > 1 µm > 70 µm > 20 µm in terms of particle size, and this result can be explained by increases in the ratio of eddy current heating to hysteresis heating with increases in particle size.