Manufacturing of Al-Mg-Si alloy foam using calcium carbonate as foaming agent

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1803-1809

  Cambronero, L E G ^a   Ruiz Roman, J M ^a   Corpas, F A ^b   Ruiz Prieto, J M ^a  

^a Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aluminum foams; Calcium carbonate; Foaming agent; Marble; Powder metallurgy

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; BLOWING AGENTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; HOT PRESSING; LIGHT METALS; MARBLE; METALLURGY; ORES; POWDER METALLURGY; POWDERS; SILICON ALLOYS; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

AL-MG-SI; AL-MG-SI ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM ALLOY; ALUMINIUM FOAMS; ALUMINUM FOAMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CELL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EXTRUSION TEMPERATURES; FOAM DENSITIES; FOAM STRUCTURES; FOAMING AGENT; POWDER MIXTURES; PRECURSOR MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 58649121273     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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