Foaming of AA 6061 using multiple pieces of foamable precursor
Aluminium foams were produced by expanding multiple pieces of foamable precursor inside a mould instead of using a single piece. The kinetics of foam formation and mould filling were visualised in situ by X-ray radioscopy. It was found that foaming of multiple precursor materials leads to the best r...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26551 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/26551 |
| Summary: | Aluminium foams were produced by expanding multiple pieces of foamable precursor inside a mould instead of using a single piece. The kinetics of foam formation and mould filling were visualised in situ by X-ray radioscopy. It was found that foaming of multiple precursor materials leads to the best result when the growth directions of the individual precursor pieces are perpendicular to each other. X-ray tomography was used to study the internal structure of the foams in 3D. High local densities in joining regions and in areas of delayed pore nucleation were observed. |
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