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Title: Gamma radiation effects on siloxane-based additive manufactured structures

Abstract

Siloxane-basedadditive manufactured structures prepared by the direct ink write (DIW) technology were exposed to ionizing irradiation in order to gauge radiolysis effects on structure-property relationships. These well-defined 3-D structures were subjected to moderate doses of gamma irradiation in an inert atmosphere and characterized by a suite of experimental methods. Changes in thermal, chemical, microstructure, and mechanical properties were then evaluated by DSC, TGA, FT-IR, mass spectroscopy, EPR, solvent swelling, SEM, and uniaxial compressive load techniques. Our results demonstrated that 3-D structures made from aromatic-free siloxane resins exhibited hardening after being exposed to gamma radiation. This effect was accompanied by gas evolution, decreasing in crystallization levels, decreasing in solvent swelling and damage to the microstructure. Furthermore, long-lived radiation-induced radicals were not detected by EPR methods. Our results are consistent with cross-link formation being the dominant degradation mechanism over chain scission reactions. On the other hand, 3-D structures made from high phenyl content siloxane resins showed little radiation damage as evidenced by low off gassing.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Contributing Org.:
NNSA Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC)
OSTI Identifier:
1458926
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1400420
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-20532
Journal ID: ISSN 0969-806X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Radiation Physics and Chemistry (1993)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Radiation Physics and Chemistry (1993); Journal Volume: 130; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0969-806X
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING; Radiolysis; DIW resin; Additive manufacturing; Polysiloxanes

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Schmalzer, Andrew M., Cady, Carl M., Geller, Drew, Ortiz-Acosta, Denisse, Zocco, Adam T., Stull, Jamie, and Labouriau, Andrea. Gamma radiation effects on siloxane-based additive manufactured structures. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.07.020.
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Schmalzer, Andrew M., Cady, Carl M., Geller, Drew, Ortiz-Acosta, Denisse, Zocco, Adam T., Stull, Jamie, & Labouriau, Andrea. Gamma radiation effects on siloxane-based additive manufactured structures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.07.020
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Schmalzer, Andrew M., Cady, Carl M., Geller, Drew, Ortiz-Acosta, Denisse, Zocco, Adam T., Stull, Jamie, and Labouriau, Andrea. Wed . "Gamma radiation effects on siloxane-based additive manufactured structures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.07.020. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1458926.
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@article{osti_1458926,
title = {Gamma radiation effects on siloxane-based additive manufactured structures},
author = {Schmalzer, Andrew M. and Cady, Carl M. and Geller, Drew and Ortiz-Acosta, Denisse and Zocco, Adam T. and Stull, Jamie and Labouriau, Andrea},
abstractNote = {Siloxane-basedadditive manufactured structures prepared by the direct ink write (DIW) technology were exposed to ionizing irradiation in order to gauge radiolysis effects on structure-property relationships. These well-defined 3-D structures were subjected to moderate doses of gamma irradiation in an inert atmosphere and characterized by a suite of experimental methods. Changes in thermal, chemical, microstructure, and mechanical properties were then evaluated by DSC, TGA, FT-IR, mass spectroscopy, EPR, solvent swelling, SEM, and uniaxial compressive load techniques. Our results demonstrated that 3-D structures made from aromatic-free siloxane resins exhibited hardening after being exposed to gamma radiation. This effect was accompanied by gas evolution, decreasing in crystallization levels, decreasing in solvent swelling and damage to the microstructure. Furthermore, long-lived radiation-induced radicals were not detected by EPR methods. Our results are consistent with cross-link formation being the dominant degradation mechanism over chain scission reactions. On the other hand, 3-D structures made from high phenyl content siloxane resins showed little radiation damage as evidenced by low off gassing.},
doi = {10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.07.020},
journal = {Radiation Physics and Chemistry (1993)},
number = C,
volume = 130,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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