Electric Craft Material Samples Folder (2013)
A folder containing small bits of a variety of conductive materials ranging from highly conductive to highly resistive, as well as piezoresistive.
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This electric craft material samples folder is intended to give a rough overview of different kinds of conductive materials.
The folder includes the following materials:
FABRIC and FIBER
MedTex P-130
silver plated nylon, stretchy,
very conductive
by Statex
Bremen
silver plated polyamide fabric, parachute silk with silver, highly conductive
by Statex
Kassel
corrosion proof copper-silver plated polyamide ripstop fabric, highly conductive
by Statex
Silverell
silver/nylon and rayon stretch fabric, conductive
from LessEMF
Soft&Safe
bamboo and silver, conductive
from LessEMF
Eeontex non-woven
resistive, piezoresistive
by Eeonyx
Eeontex stretch
resistive, piezoresistive, stretch sensitive
by Eeonyx
Bekinox W12/18
wool fiber mixed with stainless steel fiber, conductivity depenant on density, feltable
from Bekaert
THREAD and YARN
High Flex 3981 Silver
very conductive, solderable
by Karl-Grimm
High Flex 4355 Kupfer
very conductive, solderable
by Karl-Grimm
Elitex 235/34 PA/Ag
silver plated polyamid, conductive
by Imbut
235/34 4ply
silver plated nylon, conductive,
not solderable
by Statex
117/17 2ply
silver plated nylon, conductive,
not solderable
by Statex
VN 12.1.2.100Z
stainless steel, ferrous, conductive
by Bekinox
Nm10/3 Resistive Yarn
stainless steel and polyester blend,
resistive, piezoresistive, stretch sensitive
from Plug and Wear
Resistive Thread
silver plated nylon, high resistance
resistive increases with distance
from LessEMF
PLASTIC, TAPE and PAINT
Resistive Rubber
carbon infused, high resistance, piezoresistive, stretch sensitive
from Amazon
Velostat
carbon infused plastic, high resistance, piezoresistive
by 3M
Copper Tape
highly conductive, sticky backing, solderable
from Amazon
Aluminium Tape
highly conductive, sticky backing, not solderable
from Amazon
WB-101 Silver Paint
water based conductive ink, conductive
from Conductive Compounds
Copper Paint
copper particles suspended in water
based medium
from LessEMF
Bare Conductive Paint
carbon based, high resistance
by Bare Conductive
Carbon Paper
high resistance
from Pasco
Pencil Graphite
high resistance
LINKS
Documentation and Tutorials:
A Kit-of-No-Parts >> www.kit-of-no-parts.at
How To Get What You Want >> www.howtogetwhatyouwant.at
Manufacturers:
Bare Conducrtive (UK) >> www.bareconductive.com
Bekaert (Belgium) >> www.bekaert.com
Conductive Compounds (USA) >> www.conductivecompounds.com
Eeonyx (USA) >> www.eeonyx.com
Imbut (Germany) >> www.imbut.de
Karl-Grimm (Germany) www.karl-grimm.com
Statex (Germany) >> www.shieldextrading.net
3M (International) >> www.3m.com
Distributors:
Amazon (International) >> www.amazon.com
Ebay (International) >> www.ebay.com
Inventables (USA) >> www.inventables.com
LessEMF (USA) >> www.lessemf.com/fabric
Mindsets (UK) >> www.mindsetsonline.co.uk
No DNA (Germany) >> www.nodna.de
Pasco (USA) >> www.pasco.com
Physical Computing (Austria) >> www.physicalcomputing.at
Plug and Wear (Italy) >> www.plugandwear.com
Sparkfun (USA) >> www.sparkfun.com
Tinkersoup (Germany) >> www.tinkersoup.de