A comparative study of mechanical behavior of ABS material based on UVC sterilization for medical usage

This study aims to examine the mechanical properties of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene specimens using ASTM 638, 695, and 790. UVC radiation was also used as a sterilizing method. The fused deposition modeling 3D-printed polymerize with 30% filling manufacture 30 for tensile, compression, bending. Half were treated UVC, whereas other half not. chosen dosage 13.5 J/cm2 an exposure time 48 min corresponds 3650 sterilization treatments or 10 years sterilization. average ultimate stress in tensile test, compression bending test 34.5 ± 7.4, 25.4 0.5, 24.5 2.1 Mpa, respectively. analysis variance shows that has demonstrable influence on specimens, P-value 0.012, which is less than significance threshold 0.05. Thus, null hypothesis rejected.