| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Materials Aging and Compatibility: Experimental and Computational Approaches to Enable Lifetime Predictions
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| Presentation Title |
Impacts of aging additively manufactured silicone polymers in the presence of organic solvents |
| Author(s) |
Nancy Merino, Hannah Eshelman, Karly Knox, Maira R Ceron, Patrick Campbell |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Nancy Merino |
| Abstract Scope |
Understanding chemical compatibility and aging behavior of additively manufactured (AM) silicone foams is vital to determine the impacts on mechanical performance. In this study, we investigated the absorption and outgassing of targeted organic solvents by AM silicone polymers with and without compression at two different temperatures. Preliminary data demonstrates that the AM silicone foams have a high affinity for organic solvents and readily uptake >1.5 times their mass within days under suitable conditions. These early results will inform aging studies designed to quantify the impact of solvents on properties, such as compression set and load retention, as well as chemical changes to the AM polymers.
This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. IM # LLNL-ABS-866501. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Polymers, Mechanical Properties, Additive Manufacturing |