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Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
Thermoplastic composite materials are emerging rapidly due to the flexibility of attaining customized mechanical and melt flow properties. Due to high ductility, toughness, recyclability, and thermal and electrical conductivity, there is ample scope of using copper particles in thermoplastics for 3d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8269551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34201711 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14133504 |
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author | Singh, Balwant Kumar, Raman Chohan, Jasgurpreet Singh Singh, Sunpreet Pruncu, Catalin Iulian Scutaru, Maria Luminita Muntean, Radu |
author_facet | Singh, Balwant Kumar, Raman Chohan, Jasgurpreet Singh Singh, Sunpreet Pruncu, Catalin Iulian Scutaru, Maria Luminita Muntean, Radu |
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description | Thermoplastic composite materials are emerging rapidly due to the flexibility of attaining customized mechanical and melt flow properties. Due to high ductility, toughness, recyclability, and thermal and electrical conductivity, there is ample scope of using copper particles in thermoplastics for 3d printing applications. In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the Melt Flow Index (MFI), tensile strength, and electrical and thermal conductivity of nylon 6 and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) thermoplastics reinforced with copper particles. Thus, the experiments were conducted by adding different-sized copper particles (100 mesh, 200 mesh, and 400 mesh) in variable compositions (0% to 10%) to ABS and nylon 6 matrix. The impact of single, double, and triple particle-sized copper particles on MFI was experimentally investigated followed by FTIR and SEM analysis. Also, the tensile, electrical, and thermal conductivity testing were done on filament made by different compositions. In general, higher fluidity and mechanical strength were obtained while using smaller particles even with higher concentrations (up to 8%) due to improved bonding strength and adhesion between the molecular chains. Moreover, thermal and electrical conductivity was improved with an increase in concentration of copper particles. |
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spelling | pubmed-82695512021-07-10 Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites Singh, Balwant Kumar, Raman Chohan, Jasgurpreet Singh Singh, Sunpreet Pruncu, Catalin Iulian Scutaru, Maria Luminita Muntean, Radu Materials (Basel) Article Thermoplastic composite materials are emerging rapidly due to the flexibility of attaining customized mechanical and melt flow properties. Due to high ductility, toughness, recyclability, and thermal and electrical conductivity, there is ample scope of using copper particles in thermoplastics for 3d printing applications. In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the Melt Flow Index (MFI), tensile strength, and electrical and thermal conductivity of nylon 6 and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) thermoplastics reinforced with copper particles. Thus, the experiments were conducted by adding different-sized copper particles (100 mesh, 200 mesh, and 400 mesh) in variable compositions (0% to 10%) to ABS and nylon 6 matrix. The impact of single, double, and triple particle-sized copper particles on MFI was experimentally investigated followed by FTIR and SEM analysis. Also, the tensile, electrical, and thermal conductivity testing were done on filament made by different compositions. In general, higher fluidity and mechanical strength were obtained while using smaller particles even with higher concentrations (up to 8%) due to improved bonding strength and adhesion between the molecular chains. Moreover, thermal and electrical conductivity was improved with an increase in concentration of copper particles. MDPI 2021-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8269551/ /pubmed/34201711 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14133504 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Singh, Balwant Kumar, Raman Chohan, Jasgurpreet Singh Singh, Sunpreet Pruncu, Catalin Iulian Scutaru, Maria Luminita Muntean, Radu Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
title | Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
title_full | Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
title_fullStr | Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
title_short | Investigations on Melt Flow Rate and Tensile Behaviour of Single, Double and Triple-Sized Copper Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
title_sort | investigations on melt flow rate and tensile behaviour of single, double and triple-sized copper reinforced thermoplastic composites |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8269551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34201711 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14133504 |
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