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Does rPLA stand for Recycled PLA, or is it a different type of material?
All brands and shops that I know of use rPLA name for recycled PLA. However, this is neither a chemical name abbreviation, like PLA, nor a naming standard that's enforced by any agency. Thus, every ...
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Can you identify filament type by filament burn test (and additional observations)?
10 years ago, we bought a spool of White HIPS, and one of White Rubber, and one of Wood and one of Nylon. I never used them ! Funny...
Surely I burned the HIPS one (I don't think it's a rubber one).
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Can you identify filament type by filament burn test (and additional observations)?
It's impossible to judge based on the photos alone; the properties you describe and the photos, to me, look similar to the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) I've recently been testing. But my reference is ...
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Filament settings determination
Density
Filament has a thickness and length. with those, you can treat it as a long cylinder. The volume of a cylinder is $$V=l\times \pi \left( \frac d 2 \right)^2$$
Measure a length of the filament, ...
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