Questions tagged [drying]
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drying polymers / FDM 3D printer filaments
My understanding is PLA can absorb 1%, and some others (ABS?) can absorb up to 10% moisture. In order to dry a polymer, is additional (more than room temperature) heat needed (like a filament dryer/...
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What is the difference between using an oven or an IR lamp to dry the coatings of fuel cells?
I wondered how the morphology of the catalyst coating for fuel cells changes if it is dried either in a conventional oven (40 °C, 60°C, 80°C) or under an IR lamp.
I am pretty certain that it changes, ...
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How might humidity inhibit the drying or hardening chemical oxidation process of linseed-based oil paint?
I understand that linseed-based oil paint essentially dries or hardens by the chemical process of oxidation and not by evaporation. If it is possible that humidity somehow inhibits the chemical drying ...
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