Mechanical studies of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) reinforced carbon black blends

The use of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene has shown its potential in synthetic engineering plastics however many studies suggested that modifications should be made to assure the improvement on the mechanical properties of ABS. As the highlight of this research, carbon black (CB) blends were reinforcing into ABS and the mechanical properties of ABS reinforced carbon black blends are studied as the flexural strength, modulus and impact strength are determined. The preparation for ABS/CB was carried out by using a Haake Rheomixer OS at a temperature of 210 °C at 60 rpm.