Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to study on the nature of the traps in polymer. The polyethlene is typical of polymer material as to be selected for a sample. The current I$_{th}$ are obtained with an small external bias voltage from high density polyethylene which have been treated by the high-field application. Two peaks, P$_{1}$ and P$_{2}$ with maxima near 85.deg. C, respectively, appeared on the current I$_{th}$ spectrum. From the results of experiment, It is clear that The current I$_{th}$ arises from the drift, under the external field, of carriers released from the trap sites by the heating and the trap is surrounded by a potential barrier and trapping proceeds during the high-field treatment. The obtained results can suggest that polyethylene contains trap sites which have an important role in the electrical conduction and breakdown of polymeric materials.rials.