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Metal Foams: A Design Guide

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190 <strong>Metal</strong> <strong>Foams</strong>: A <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

P1<br />

I V<br />

I<br />

Equipotential<br />

surface<br />

s1 s2 s3 P2 P3 P4<br />

Semi-infinite<br />

sample Medium<br />

Current flow line<br />

Figure 14.1 A four-point probe method for measuring the electrical<br />

conductivity of metal foams<br />

Relative electrical conductivity (s/s s)<br />

1.0<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

0.0<br />

0.0<br />

Duocel open-cell al foam<br />

Alulight closed-cell al foam<br />

α = 0.33<br />

α = 0.05<br />

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 25<br />

Relative density (ρ/ρs )<br />

Figure 14.2 The relative electrical resistivity and conductivity of open- and<br />

closed-cell aluminum foams of differing relative density. The lines are plots of<br />

equation (14.4) with ˛ D 0.33 and ˛ D 0.05<br />

14.2 Data for electrical resistivity of metal foams<br />

Little data for the electrical resistivity of metal foams has been reported.<br />

Figure 14.2 shows measurements of the conductivity of open (ERG-Duocel)<br />

and closed (Mepura-Alulight) cell aluminum foams as a function of relative<br />

1<br />

2<br />

5<br />

10<br />

Relative electrical resistivity (q/q s )

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