Experiments on metallic foams under gravity and microgravity

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 101-106

  García Moreno, Francisco ^a,b   Jiménez, Catalina ^a,b   Mukherjee, Manas ^a,b   Holm, Per ^c   Weise, Jörg ^d   Banhart, John ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drainage; Metal foam; Microgravity; Parabolic flight; X ray radioscopy

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; LIQUIDS; METALS; MICROGRAVITY; PORE SIZE; SMELTING;

ALUMINIUM FOAM; AQUEOUS FOAMS; DENSITY PROFILE; FOAMING PROCESS; IN-SITU; LIQUID MELT; METAL FOAM; METALLIC FOAM; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; X-RAY RADIOSCOPY;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FOAM; FOAM STABILITY; FOAMING; GRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349127511     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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