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Aluminum Foam from Scrap

May 9, 2013 By Martin Grolms Leave a Comment

Aluminum From Scrap_can

A group of scientists show a low cost route to manufacture high quality aluminum foam.

Filed Under: Engineering materials, Environment, Research Tagged With: Advanced Engineering Materials, aluminum, foam, low cost route, metals, recycling, scrap

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Reviewing the Development of Metallic Foams with John Banhart

May 6, 2013 By Tim Adams Leave a Comment

Section through a remelted scrap foam containing magnesium additions

The history, current status and future development of metallic foams is described in a comprehensive review in Advanced Engineering Materials.

Filed Under: Aerospace & Automotive, Engineering materials, Industry, Research, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advanced Engineering Materials, alloys, Helmholtz Centre, metallic foams

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Fabricating smart composite materials with wrinkled microstructures

May 3, 2013 By MaterialsViews staff Leave a Comment

MIT researchers have fabricated interfacial material using 3-D printing to study wrinkling phenomenon. Image: Narges Kaynia and Yaning Li.

MIT researchers mimic nature to produce interfacial composite materials with stimuli-responsive microstructures.

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Advanced Engineering Materials, biomimetics, composites, microstructuring, MIT

Link to the original paper on Wiley Online Library