Preliminary Testing to Determine the Best Process Parameters for Polymer Laser Sintering of a New Polypropylene Polymeric Material

<table class="table-group" id="tab11"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"></td><td class="align_center">Total average (mm)</td><td class="align_center">Reference value (mm)</td><td class="align_center">Percentage difference (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specimen 1</td><td class="align_center">5.32</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">11%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specimen 2</td><td class="align_center">5.67</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">5%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specimen 3</td><td class="align_center">5.83</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">3%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specimen 4</td><td class="align_center">5.54</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">8%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specimen 5</td><td class="align_center">5.47</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">9%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Width (<i>W</i>) of the gauge length of the test specimens.</div>

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Table 11: Preliminary Testing to Determine the Best Process Parameters for Polymer Laser Sintering of a New Polypropylene Polymeric Material 