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title: ASA Filament
description: "[What](#what) [Who](#who) [How](#how) # ASA Filament ### What Is It? - Technical Name - Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) - Chemical Formula - C18H23NO2 - Glass Temp - 100°C - Melt Temp - 220-245°C - Thermoplastic ![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Filament-Spool-Red-v2-square.jpg) --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BASF-logo.jpg) BASF Company…"
url: "https://hotends.com/kb/asa-filament/"
updated: "2022-12-26"
category: Filament
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# ASA Filament

[What](#what) [Who](#who) [How](#how)

# ASA Filament

### What Is It?

- Technical Name - Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA)
- Chemical Formula - C18H23NO2
- Glass Temp - 100°C
- Melt Temp - 220-245°C
- Thermoplastic

   ![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Filament-Spool-Red-v2-square.jpg)

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   ![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BASF-logo.jpg)

BASF Company Logo

### Who Invented It?

The year was the 1960s, Scientists from Monsanto James A. Herbig and Ival O. Salyer made the first to attempts to make what would later become ASA. Hans-Werner Otto and Hans Peter Siebel of BASF later refined the process.

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## But you're here to Print...
So lets fast forward a bit to 2022

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## How to print with ASA?

Quickstart:

- Hotend Temp: 240°C
- Bed Temp: 95-110°C
- Fan Speed: None

Bed surface preparation:

- Kaptop Tape
- ABS Slury

    ![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/calibration-cube-ASA.jpg)

J-Head™ Farmer shown printing ASA (*rendering)

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