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Metal Foams: A Design Guide

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viii Contents<br />

17 Case studies 217<br />

17.1 Aluminum foam car body structures 217<br />

17.2 Integrally molded foam parts 219<br />

17.3 Motorway sound insulation 220<br />

17.4 Optical systems for space applications 222<br />

17.5 Fluid–fluid heat exchangers 224<br />

17.6 Lightweight conformal pressure tanks 225<br />

17.7 Electrodes for batteries 225<br />

17.8 Integrated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) for motor drives 226<br />

17.9 Applications under consideration 232<br />

18 Suppliers of metal foams 234<br />

19 Web sites 239<br />

Appendix: Catalogue of material indices 242<br />

Index 247

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