This paper presents a study of dynamic mechanical properties of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) rapid prototyping processed material Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). It involves the measurement of modulus and damping properties of the material as it is deformed under periodic stress. In this study, frequency sweep is performed in DMA 2980 equipment to determine modulus, damping and visco...

In order to develop a polycarbonate (PC)/ acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) product with a high content of recycled PC, a low molecular weight virgin PC was added to recycled PC to minimize batch-to-batch property variations in the compounded product. Six PC/ABS blends were prepared on a twin screw extruder by mixing 50 wt% virgin ABS and 0-25 wt% low molecular weight virgin PC with 25-50 w...

1,3-Butadiene is a highly volatile gas that is used in the production of synthetic rubber; the major end use of the synthetic rubber is automobile tires. 1,3-Butadiene is also used for the production of high impact polystyrene and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin plastics The predominant source of 1,3-butadiene in the atmosphere is industrial releases, which can occur during manufact...

The viscoelasticity of several polymers has been determined using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). For the same materials the sliding wear in multiple scratching along the same groove has also been determined. The materials studied were polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), styrene/ acrylonitrile (SAN), Surlyn, polyethersulfone (PES), acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS), polypropylene (PP),...

Medical devices can be contaminated by microbial biofilm which causes nosocomial infections. One of the strategies for the prevention of such microbial adhesion is to modify the biomaterials by creating micro or nanofeatures on their surface. This study aimed (1) to nanostructure acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), a polymer composing connectors in perfusion devices, using Anodic Alumina Oxi...

Material extrusion is one of the most widespread additive manufacturing processes because its low-cost implementation and flexibility in design. In this study, integrated digital image correlation used for identification constitutive parameters two configurations acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) samples. It shown that an isotropic elastoplastic model calibrated from single edge notched ten...

Abstract A novel ammonium salt type polymeric antistatic agent (PDSH) was synthesized from methacrylatoethyl trimethyl chloride, styrene, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate via radical polymerization. Antistatic poly(acrylonitrile- co -butadiene- -styrene) (ABS)/PDSH composites were prepared by blending PDSH with ABS resin. The results showed that the surface resistivity of ABS/PDSH addition decre...

Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Para n Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Hybrid Rocket Motors

Distributed Multimedia Information System Laboratory School of Computer Science, Florida International University Miami, FL 33199, USA Abstract Styrene Monomer (SM) has been widely used for producing polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and styrene-acryonitrile (SAN) in the petrochemical industry. From 1994 to 2001, several serious accidents occurred in Taiwan due to styrene ...