Preparation and Heat Dissipation Properties Comparison of Al and Cu Foam

Autor: Yao Huang, Zexin Li, Lucai Wang, Leilei Sun, Xiaohong You, Wenzhan Huang, Fang Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 12, Iss 12, p 2066 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met12122066
Popis: The space holder method, a kind of powder metallurgy method which can avoid the process of melting metal to prepare metal foams, has particular significance in solving the difficulty of preparing metal foams with high melting points. In this paper, Na2S2O3·5H2O, a novel space holder, was used to prepare aluminium foam and copper foam, which were then used to test the heat dissipation performance of the metal foams. We first prepared two kinds of cell structures for (spherical cell and composite cells) aluminium and copper foam, then, we compared the performances of their heat dissipation, and it was found that both the spherical cell metal foam and composite cell metal foam promoted heat dissipation in the environment of natural convection, and the difference between them was not apparent. In the environment of forced convection, the composite porous metal showed a better heat dissipation performance.
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