Abstract
Selected bending properties of mineral-acrylic solid surface material for furniture construction purposes. The aim of this work was to characterize the bending properties of selected, commercially available panels made with the use of mineral acrylic fillers and thermoplastic matrix (trade names Corian and Staron), with regard to thermal forming. The research showed that when the temperature of the tested materials rises from 20 to 160°C, there is a significant reduction in the value of bending strength (by over 90% for Corian and about 80% for Staron) and the modulus of elasticity (by almost 99% for Corian and by 97% for Staron), which should definitely improve the thermoformability of these materials. Among the two tested materials, Staron is a material that is more susceptible to shape modification at elevated temperatures.
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