Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, barite, polymer composites,thermoplastic polymers, polymer processing

The studies about improvement of properties of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrenematrix are still on going. These properties can be listed as physical, thermal,morphological, etc. In this work, barite was added into acrylonitrile-butadienestyrenematrix for composite production. Co-rotating twin-screw extruder wasemployed for the preparations of the composites. In addition to this, laboratoryinjection molding device was used for the preparation of test specimens.The barite proportions were adjusted as 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% respectively. Themechanical, thermal, and morphological characterizations were performed by tensileand impact tests, dynamic mechanical analysis, melt flow index, and scanningelectron microscopy techniques.