The Progress in Aluminum Foam Research in China

Abstract:

The aluminum foam materials have studied for the last 15 years in China, from laboratory experiments to industrialized scale. we can manufacture 800mm×2000mm aluminum foam board products. The essential parameters of our aluminum foam product are as follows, density: 0.3~0.6g/cm³; porosity: 77%~88%; pore diameter 5MPa. Some properties of aluminium foam materials were studied such as sound absorption, energy absorption, impact bending strength of aluminum (steel) plate/Al foam sandwich, etc.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 457-458)
• Pages: 253-256
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.457-458.253
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Guang Chun Yao, Huan Liu, Bin Na Song
• Keywords: Al Foam Sandwich, Al Foam Sound Absorption Board, Aluminum Foam, Energy Absorption, Impact Bending Strength

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