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Referencia 10487 |
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El uso de espumas metálicas. Ejemplos prácticos y futuros desarrollos en el sector de la automoción |
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Use of metal foams. Practical examples and future developments in automotive sector |
| Autor: |
Andrea Rossi |
| Resumen: |
Strictly speaking, the term foam means a uniform dispersion of a gaseous phase in a liquid. In providing a rigorous definition of the word, we can say that it is a uniform dispersion of a gas within a metal matrix obtained by solidifying a liquid foam. Thus, it is a material that, again, strictly speaking, is obtained by solidifying a mass of material
composed of bubbles of molten metal. Often, in fact, it is commonly referred to as metal foam, relating to any metal containing a high percentage of cavities, regardless of how these cavities were obtained. More correctly we should distinguish between metal foams and sponges: the former contain closed cells, which means that the pores are
not interconnected but are separated by the walls of the different bubbles, whereas on the contrary the latter contain open cells, which means that all the pores are interconnected. Due to their different morphology, foams and sponges can be made
with different materials. As a result, foams and sponges have different physical and mechanical properties and very different fields of application. The metal foams commonly found on the market are made of aluminium, zinc and lead, although foams
made of magnesium, tin, brass, gold and in some cases steel can be obtained with current production processes. The percentage of porosity of a metal foam attainable is generally between 60 and 97%. |
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Inglés |
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Italia |
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2011 |
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Artículo |
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Materiales y Materias primas > Otros materiales
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| Subsectores de aplicación: |
· Maquinaria y bienes de equipo
· Automoción e industria auxiliar
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Musp |
| Fuente: |
ALUMINIUM AND ITS ALLOYS |
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Vol. 6, pp. 68-72 |
| Descriptores: |
metal foams (espumas metálicas), molten metal (metal fundido), automotive sector (sector de la automoción) |
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