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. 2021 May 14;13(10):1587. doi: 10.3390/polym13101587

Table 4.

Additive composite materials for FDM.

Material Authors Percentage Added and Description of the Additives Notes (The Increase/Decrease of the Mechanical Properties are Considered Relative to Pure ABS)
ABS + carbon fibers Ning et al. (2015) [119] 3, 5, 7.5, 10, 15 wt.%;
150 μm and 100 μm in length with a common diameter of 7.2 μm
  • 150 μm: Maximum tensile strength value—42 MPa at 5 wt.%

  • 150 μm: Maximum Young’s modulus value—2.5 GPa at 7.5 wt.%

  • Results of 150μm long fibers’ addition are higher than of 100μm long fibers

Tekinalp et al. (2014) [118] 10, 20, 30, 40 wt.%; the fibers’ length—200–400 μm.
  • 40 wt.% resulted in the clogging of the nozzle (thus the author disregarded the results of the specimens made with 40 wt.%).

  • Orientation of the fibers was along the load-bearing direction

  • The increase of tensile strength was from 30 MPa to approximately 60 MPa at 30 wt.%

  • The increase of tensile modulus was from 2 GPa to approximately 13 GPa at 30 wt.%

Shofner et al. (2003) [117] 10 wt.% only;
the average diameter—100 nm, length—100 μm
  • Tensile strength increased by 39% (from 26.9 MPa to 34.7 MPa)

  • Tensile modulus increased by 60% (from 0.49 GPa to 0.79 GPa)

ABS + carbon nanotubes (CNT) Sezer, H.K., and Eren, O. (2019) [121] 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 wt.%;
average diameter—9.5 nm; average length—1.5 μm; surface area—250–300 m2/g
  • Tensile strength increased by 28.8% (up to 58 MPa) at 7 wt.% and raster angle [0, 90]

  • Young’s modulus increased by 66.8% (up to approximately 1980 MPa) at 10 wt.% and raster angle [0, 90]

  • Specimens printed at raster angle of [0, 90] performed better in mechanical properties testing than at [−45, 45]

Dul et al. (2018) [120] 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 wt %;
average diameter—9.5 nm; average length—1.5 μm; surface area—250–300 m2/g
  • Elastic Modulus increased by 19% (approximately from 2207 MPa to 2650 MPa) at 8 wt.%

  • Tensile strength was not provided buy yield strength increased from 42.8 MPa to 47.1 MPa at 6 wt.%

ABS + ZnO Aw et al. (2017) [122] 8, 11, 14 wt.%;
Particle’s size < 100 μm
  • Tensile strength increased from about 10 to 16 MPa at 11 wt.%

Torrado et al. (2015) [123] 2 wt.% only;
ZnO nanorods were used (no information about the size)
  • Tensile strength decreased from 33.96 MPa to 20.7 MPa when specimen was printed horizontally.

  • Tensile strength decreased from 17.73 MPa to 7.41 MPa when specimen was printed vertically

DulABS + graphene Dul et al. (2016) [128] 2, 4, 8 wt.%;
average lateral dimension –5 μm, thickness—6–8 nm, the surface area—120–150 m2/g.
  • MFI (Melt Flow Index) was studied, and it was revealed that specimens with 8 wt.% had low MFI, hence the authors disregarded the results of 8 wt.%

  • Tensile strength decreased from 38.8 to 35.9 MPa at 4 wt.% when specimens were printed horizontally.

  • Tensile strength decreased from 23.8 to 13.4 MPa at 4 wt.% when specimens were printed vertically.

  • Young’s modulus increased from 1866 to 2463 MPa at 4 wt.% when specimens were printed horizontally.

  • Young’s modulus increased from 1687 to 2151 MPa at 4 wt.% when specimens were printed vertically.

PC + ABS + graphene Tambrallimath et al. (2019) [116] 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 wt.%;
PC:ABS = 70:30;
No dimensions of graphene platelets were provided
  • Young’s modulus increased from 2531 to 4038 MPa at 0.8 wt.%

  • Tensile strength was not studied

ABS + OMMT Weng et al. (2016) [133] 1, 3, 5 wt.%;
No dimensions of OMMT nanoparticles were given
  • OMMT stands for organic modified montmorillonite. Montmorillonite belongs to the group of phyllosilicates.

  • Tensile strength increased from 27.59 MPa to 39.48 MPa at 5 wt.%

  • Elastic modulus increased from 1.2 GPa to 3.6 GPa at 5 wt.%

ABS + BAK + Al2O3 + SiC Singh et al. (2019a) [125] BAK: fixed value of 10 wt.%;
Al2O3: 0, 5, 10 wt.%;
SiC: 0, 5, 10 wt.%;
No dimensions were given
  • BAK stands for bakelite. It is a thermoset and was used as a filler in ABS matrix for recycling purposes.

  • For one specimen Al2O3 and SiC were added in the same quantity. For example, 70% of ABS + 10% of BAK + 10% of Al2O3 + 10% of SiC

  • Maximum strength at peak was 24 MPa at composition of 90%(ABS) + 10%(BAK)

Singh et al. (2019b) [126]
  • The specimens were studied at different infill ratios and infill speeds.

  • Maximum tensile strength of reinforced material was slightly less than that of pure ABS: 21.8 and 22.4 MPa respectively.

  • Maximum tensile strength was observed at composition of 70%(ABS) + 10%(BAK) + 10%(Al2O3) + 10%(SiC); infill ratio of 80 and infill speed of 50 mm/s