The Manufacture and Characterisation of Aluminium Foams Made by Investment Casting Using Dissolvable Spherical Sodium Chloride Bead Preforms
Open cell Al foams have been made by infiltrating molten Al into preforms made from porous salt spheres. Infiltration has been effected using simple pressure-assisted vacuum investment casting where the maximum infiltration pressure difference was less than 36 psi. The preform and resulting foam den...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Metals |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/1/1/49 |