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Processing-Structure-Property Relations of Polymer-Polymer Composites Formed by Cryogenic Mechanical Alloying for Selective Laser Sintering Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. P. Schultz ,
J. P. Martin ,
R. G. Kander  and
C. T. A. Suchicital
J. P. Schultz
Affiliation:
MSE Department, Virginia Tech, 213 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0237, rkander@vt.edu
J. P. Martin
Affiliation:
MSE Department, Virginia Tech, 213 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0237, rkander@vt.edu
R. G. Kander
Affiliation:
MSE Department, Virginia Tech, 213 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0237, rkander@vt.edu
C. T. A. Suchicital
Affiliation:
MSE Department, Virginia Tech, 213 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0237, rkander@vt.edu
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Abstract

Cryogenic mechanical alloying (CMA) has been shown to be an effective means for producing composite powders for selective laser sintering (SLS). Unlike composite particles made by a coating process, both phases are continuous throughout the particles formed by CMA. Consolidation of these composite particles via SLS offers the possibility of forming parts with a co-continuous microstructure. In this research, the microstructure of mechanically alloyed polymer-polymer composites for use in the SLS process is investigated using transmission electron microscopy. By varying the charge ratio and milling time of the CMA process, the phase domain size of the resulting composite powder can be manipulated. This ongoing work explores the microstructural evolution as the composite powders are consolidated via SLS into macroscopic parts, as well as the relationships between microstructure and bulk properties.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 625: Symposium Y – Solid Freeform & Additive Fabrication – 2000 , 2000 , 75
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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