Performance Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Carbon/Nylon 12 and Carbon/PEEK Thermoplastic Composites

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Chandrashekara, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6229382/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 16 Jul, 2025 Read the published version in Applied Composite Materials → Version 1 posted 11 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study explores additive manufacturing of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites using Composite Based Additive Manufacturing process. The objective of this work is to additively manufacture Carbon/PEEK and Carbon/Nylon 12 thermoplastic composites and then to evaluate performance of the resultant materials. Compression, tension, flexural and impact test were performed to characterize mechanical properties of the additively manufactured Carbon/PEEK and Carbon/Nylon 12 composites. Thermal characterization, specifically differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis, were both performed on each Carbon/PEEK and Carbon/Nylon 12 composites. From experimental testing Carbon/PEEK outperformed Carbon/Nylon for all the mechanical tests conducted. From DSC/TGA tests, degradation of Carbon/Nylon began around 298°C while Carbon/PEEK was stable until 350°C. Both samples had similar onset temperature for decomposition, around 370°C. Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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