Study of the thermal diffusivity of a ceramic-polymer material based on polyamide with the inclusion of varishaped aluminum oxide, obtained by the FFF method.

The article is focused on studying Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) of alumina-filled polymer objects and their thermal properties. To track influence of inclusion type on thermal diffusivity of 3D printed samples with equiaxed and needle-like Al2O3 particles were made. The difference between the microstructure of needle and equiaxed compositions was evaluated using Phenom G2Pro (Phenom-World BV, Eindhoven, The Netherlands). The tests of thermal diffusivity were carried out on LFA 467 HT HyperFlash setup (NETZSCH Inc., Germany). It was found that the addition of 20 vol. % of ceramic particles in polyamide (PA12) increases its thermal conductivity, and the shape and location of inclusions play an important role in heat flow processes. It is shown that specimens with alumina needle-like inclusions demonstrated the highest values of thermal diffusivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]