Compaction Self-Assembly of Ultralow-Binder-Content Thermoplastic Composites Based on Lunar Soil Simulant

Kiwon Oh; Tzehan Chen; Rui Kou; Haozhe Yi; Yu Qiao

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2020.07.041

Compaction Self-Assembly of Ultralow-Binder-Content Thermoplastic Composites Based on Lunar Soil Simulant

Applied Physics 2020-09-30 v1 Materials Science

Authors: Kiwon Oh , Tzehan Chen , Rui Kou , Haozhe Yi , Yu Qiao

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Abstract

In a recent study, we developed ultralow-binder-content (UBC) structural materials based on lunar soil simulant and thermoset binders. In the current research, we investigated thermoplastic binders. Compared to thermosets, advanced thermoplastics could be more UV resistant, more durable, more robust, and recyclable. Our main technology is the compaction self-assembly (CSA). By using only ~4 wt% polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) binder, the thermoplastic-binder UBC composite was stronger than typical steel-reinforced concrete. The CSA operation was separate from the curing process. This study may provide an important in-situ resource utilization method for large-scale construction on Moon.

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compaction self-assembly ultralow-binder-content composite lunar soil simulant thermoplastic binder PEKK in-situ resource utilization

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@article{arxiv.2004.06273,
  title  = {Compaction Self-Assembly of Ultralow-Binder-Content Thermoplastic Composites Based on Lunar Soil Simulant},
  author = {Kiwon Oh and Tzehan Chen and Rui Kou and Haozhe Yi and Yu Qiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.06273},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Compaction Self-Assembly of Ultralow-Binder-Content Thermoplastic Composites Based on Lunar Soil Simulant

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