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Selective Laser Sintering Manufacturing and Characterization of Lightweight PA 12 Polymer Composites with Different Hollow Microsphere Additives

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The use of additives in polyamide polymeric SLS built frameworks further reinforces the goal of developing lightweight components, which serves as the basis for the current investigation. In this paper, different amounts of hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) were added to polyamide 12 (PA 12), and their sintered components were compared for their physical and mechanical properties, including tensile and 3-point bending tests. In terms of density reduction, the PA 12-20HGM composite structure achieved the highest reduction figure of 20.8 %. According to specific strength and modulus calculations, PA 12-20HGS60 and PA 12-20HGM composite structures provided the highest mechanical test results.

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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Aluminium Test, Training and Research Center is supported by Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA).

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    Burçin Özbay Kısasöz & İ. Ersin Serhatlı

  2. Aluminum Test, Training, and Research Center (ALUTEAM), Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

    Burçin Özbay Kısasöz & M. Enes Bulduk

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    İ. Ersin Serhatlı

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Özbay Kısasöz, B., Serhatlı, İ.E. & Bulduk, M.E. Selective Laser Sintering Manufacturing and Characterization of Lightweight PA 12 Polymer Composites with Different Hollow Microsphere Additives. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 31, 4049–4059 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-06481-x

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