Metallic, ceramic and cermet foam products and their method of manufacture

The present invention relates to the fabrication of low cost, in situ, porous metallic, ceramic and cermet foam structures having improved mechanical properties such as energy absorption and specific stiffness. Methods of fabricating the structures from compositions including ceramic and/or metallic...

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Main Authors MARK J. RIGALI, RANJI K. VAIDYANATHAN, GREGORY ARTZ, MICHAEL L. FULCHER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.09.2003
Edition7
Subjects
ARTIFICIAL STONE
CASTING
CEMENTS
CERAMICS
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS
CONCRETE
LIME, MAGNESIA
MAKING METALLIC POWDER
MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER
METALLURGY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
REFRACTORIES
SLAG
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Summary:The present invention relates to the fabrication of low cost, in situ, porous metallic, ceramic and cermet foam structures having improved mechanical properties such as energy absorption and specific stiffness. Methods of fabricating the structures from compositions including ceramic and/or metallic powders are provided. The flowable compositions also include an immiscible phase that results in pores within the final structure. Furthermore, the structures may be shaped to have external porosity, such as with mesh-like structures.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20030228289