Elastic characterization of nanoporous gold foams using laser based ultrasonics

A resonance based laser ultrasonics technique is explored for the characterization of low density nanoporous gold foams. Laser generated zero group velocity (ZGV) lamb waves are measured in the foams using a Michelson interferometer. The amplitude spectra obtained from the processed time-domain data are analyzed using a theoretical model from which the foam Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio are obtained. The technique is non-contact and nondestructive, and the ZGV resonance modes are spatially localized, allowing for spatial mapping of the bulk sample properties. The technique may be suitable for process control monitoring and mechanical characterization of low density nanoporous structures.     

封装有相变材料的金属泡沫复合散热器实验研究

相变材料的固液相变具有较高的相变潜热且相变体积变化小,在间歇性工作的电子器件的温控中得到广泛的应用。本文采用将铜泡沫嵌入相变材料中的方法来强化固液相变的传热性能的方法,提出一种封装有金属泡沫和相变材料的复合式散热器结构,实验研究了该散热器的加热表面的温度与时间的变化关系,分析铜泡沫孔隙率、孔密度以及石蜡物性等各个参数对该复合式热沉散热效果的影响。     

LIGNIN IN PHENOLIC CLOSED CELL FOAMS: THERMAL STABILITY AND APPARENT DENSITY

ABSTRACT

Lignin, extracted from sugarcane bagasse, was used as a partial phenol substitute in phenolic closed cell foams. The thermal stability of phenolic and lignophenolic foams were studied using thermogravimetric (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques, under air and nitrogen atmospheres. The results of apparent densities (Dapp) are also reported for both foams. The thermal analyses data showed that the decomposition depends on the atmosphere, that is, this process is not only a thermal one and, that it is feasible to replace part of the phenol by lignin in closed cell foams. Regarding the apparent density, that replacement was extremely advantageous because the Dapp value obtained placed the lignophenolic foam in the structural foam class.     

Polymer Foams Stabilized by Particles Adsorbed at the Air/Polymer Interface

In aqueous systems, partially hydrophobic particles are known to stabilize foams even in the absence of any added surfactant. This paper shows that the same principle can be applied to polymeric systems: particles that are partially wetted by a polymer melt can stabilize a foam of that polymer. The foam stability is attributable to the adsorption of the particles at the air/polymer interface. Remarkably, stable foams are realized even from polymers that are liquid at room temperature, and hence are otherwise unfoamable. The implications of this result to practical foaming operations are discussed.

     

A foam film propagating in a confined geometry: Analysis via the viscous froth model

A single film (typical of a film in a foam) moving in a confined geometry (i.e. confined between closely spaced top and bottom plates) is analysed via the viscous froth model. In the first instance the film is considered to be straight (as viewed from above the top plate) but is not flat. Instead it is curved (with a circular arc cross-section) in the direction across the confining plates. This curvature leads to a maximal possible steady propagation velocity for the film, which is characterised by the curved film meeting the top and bottom plates tangentially. Next the film is considered to propagate in a channel (i.e. between top and bottom plates and sidewalls, with the sidewall separation exceeding that of the top and bottom plates). The film is now curved along as well as across the top and bottom plates. Curvature along the plates arises from viscous drag forces on the channel sidewall boundaries. The maximum steady propagation velocity is unchanged, but can now also be associated with films meeting channel sidewalls tangentially, a situation which should be readily observable if the film is viewed from above the top plate. Observed from above, however, the film need not appear as an arc of a circle. Instead the film may be relatively straight along much of its length, with curvature pushed into boundary layers at the sidewalls.