摘要 |
A process for producing metal foams comprising mixing one or more metal powders, if desired combined with particulate metallic or nonmetallic, e.g., mineral, additives of varying particle size, with a gas-liberating blowing agent; optionally preheating the mixture in an open or closed mold to a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the blowing agent; subsequently heating the mixture to a temperature above the melting point of the lowest-melting metal in such a way that the temperature rises from the equilibrium decomposition temperature of the blowing agent to the melting point of the metal in a time which is shorter than the time required to reach the equilibrium state in the blowing agent/blowing gas system at this temperature and subsequently cooling the resulting metal foam to a temperature below the melting point of the lowest-melting metal is provided as well as foamed metal bodies obtained using the inventive process.
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