Electron Micrograph of Syntactic Foam With Fly-Ash Microspheres (IMAGE)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Electron Micrograph of Syntactic Foam With Fly-Ash Microspheres

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Materials scientists at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering developed syntactic foam filaments and processes to 3-D print them using off-the-shelf commercial printers. The filaments comprise high-density polyethylene plastic (HDPE), a material used to manufacture industrial grade components, and hollow fly-ash microspheres.

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Nikhil Gupta, Ph.D.

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