Porous Metals with Directional Pores

• Main Author: Nakajima, Hideo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Nanotechnology.; Metals.; Materials Science.; Metallic Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

This book reviews the recent development of fabrication methods and various properties of lotus-type porous metals and their applications. The nucleation and growth mechanism of the directional pores in metals are discussed in comparison with a model experiment of carbon dioxide pores in ice. Three...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Various fabrication methods of cellular metals and foamed metals
• Materials definitions
• Fabrication methods of porous metals with directional pores.- Nucleation and growth mechanism of pores in metals
• Control of pore size and porosity in lotus-type porous metals
• Details of fabrication techniques of various lotus metals and alloys, intermetallic compounds, semiconductors and ceramics
• Mechanical properties of lotus metals and alloys
• Various physical and chemical properties of lotus metals and alloys
• Processing of lotus metals
• Various applications of lotus metals
• Summary.