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TGA

Due to the limited budget, we could not perform the two TGA modes (over a range of temperature and over time). Information about degradation of ABS with temperature have been published by several authors. Moreover, DSC analysis already gives an indication about the thermal stability over a range of temperature (up to 300 °C). Then, we decided to evaluate the thermal strength of our drone at 120°C during 2 hours. The results regarding Flexifil and ABS are shown on on the figure below. The black curve corresponds to Flexifil and the red one to ABS. For both of them, the weight does not decrease below 99.5% of it initial weight, which means that the two polymers are thermally stable (no evaporation, decomposition…) during the two hours at 120°C.Using the drone at 120°C during a long time (2 hours) should then not lead to polymer composition changes. However, multiple uses means multiple thermic cycle and this has not been investigated, so the stability over several uses is not guaranteed.

Regarding the temperature, according to Pandey et al [1] , ABS starts to lose weight (5%wt.) around 365°C and has lost more than 50% at 400°C. This is confirmed by Attia et al.[2] . However the drone could not be used at temperatures as high as 365°C since ABS will flow at 220-230°C. [3]

Concerning the Flexifil, it is more complicated to find information since its composition is not known. Nevertheless, for co-polyester elastomer thermoplastic, such as poly(ether-ester)s with poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) as hard block and poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) as soft block,  it was found that it exhibits a 10% weight loss at 330°C . [3]

[1] A. Pandey, R. Kumar, V. Kachhavah and K. K. Kar,

Mechanical and thermal behaviours of graphite flake-reinforced acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene composites and their correlation with entanglement density, adhesion, reinforcement and C factor,Royal Society Chemistry Adv.,2016, vol 6(56),pages 50559-50571

[2]Nour F Attia, Mohamed A Hassan, Mohamed A Nourb and Kurt E Geckeler,  Flame-retardant materials: Synergistic effect of halloysite nanotubes on the flammability properties of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene composites, Polymer International 63(7) , July 2014 
[3]VESNA ALEKSANDROVI and JASNA DJONLAGI,  Synthesis and characterization of thermoplastic copolyester elastomers modified with fumaric moieties,J.Serb.Chem.Soc. 2001, vol 66 (3), pages 139–152

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