A Study On Tensile Properties Of Acrylnitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Subjected To Thermal Degradation

Ab Razab, Huzaimah (2017) A Study On Tensile Properties Of Acrylnitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Subjected To Thermal Degradation. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Nowadays, ABS polymers are widely used in order to upgrade of new and more versatile of polymer time by time. ABS is one of the thermoplastic polymer types which have some properties such as it can be reheated to soften and reshape after reheating process occurs. It also does not undergo significant chemical change. The ABS polymer has weaker bonding among molecules when reheating that allowing reshaping occurs. Some of application of ABS relates with varying temperature. However, the performances of ABS polymer can change based on different temperatures applied on it. So, this project was conducted to investigate the strength and tensile properties of ABS samples at thermal degradation with varying temperatures and duration of heat treatment applied. Besides, morphological study were conducted in order to investigate the behavior and changes surface of samples when thermal degradation process applied on it with different time duration and room temperature. There are few procedures, equipment and machine used for achieving these project objectives such as hot press machine, laser machine, tensile machine and scanning electron microscope. After completing the testing, it can be concluded that the longer time duration for heat treatment on thermal degradation process, the higher brittleness of the ABS material. The morphological surface of ABS material shows the different time duration of heat treatment on samples, it results difference changes of surface behaviour of ABS samples.

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