Nowadays, additive manufacturing-also called 3D printing-represents a well-established technology in the field of the processing of various types of materials manufacturing products used in many industrial sectors. The most common type of 3D printing uses the fused filament fabrication (FFF) method, in which materials based on thermoplastics or elastomers are processed into filaments. Much effort was dedicated to improving the properties and processing of such printed filaments, and various types of inorganic and organic additives have been found to play a beneficial role. One of them, calcium carbonate (CaCO3), is standardly used as filler for the processing of polymeric materials. However, it is well-known from its different applications that CaCO3 crystals may represent particles of different morphologies and shapes that may have a crucial impact on the final properties of the resulting products. For this reason, three different synthetic polymorphs of CaCO3 (aragonite, calcite, and vaterite) and commercially available calcite powders were applied as fillers for the fabrication of polymeric filaments. Analysis of obtained data from different testing techniques has shown significant influence of filament properties depending on the type of applied CaCO3 polymorph. Aragonite particles showed a beneficial impact on the mechanical properties of produced filaments. The obtained results may help to fabricate products with enhanced properties using 3D printing FFF technology.

Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Technology Institute of Technology and Business Okružní 517 10 370 01 Česke Budejovice Czech Republic

Department of Technical Studies College of Polytechnics Jihlava Tolstého 16 586 01 Jihlava Czech Republic

Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prosecká 809 76 190 00 Praha Czech Republic

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