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Vacuum Compatibility of 3D-Printed Materials

Instrumentation and Detectors 2013-09-16 v2

Abstract

The fabrication fidelity and vacuum properties are tested for currently available 3D-printed materials including polyamide, glass, acrylic, and sterling silver. The silver was the only material found to be suitable to ultrahigh vacuum environments due to outgassing and sublimation observed in other materials.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1308.4962,
  title  = {Vacuum Compatibility of 3D-Printed Materials},
  author = {A. P. Povilus and C. J. Wurden and Z. Vendeiro and M. Baquero-Ruiz and J. Fajans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.4962},
  year   = {2013}
}

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3 pages, 2 figures, preprint

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