Noncontact process yields low-density, porous microstructure. Small spheroids of porous alloys with large surface area per unit volume produced by containerless processing method. Without container walls to serve as nucleation sites, alloy cools to well below normal freezing point without solidifying. Solidification then proceeds rapidly; interdendritic liquid pulled out by growing crystals, resulting in porous microstructure. The more rapid the cooling rate, the faster crystals grow and more porous solid becomes. Drop-tube method useful in creating porous microstructures from other materials including oxides, carbides, and organic materials. Other means of containerless processing - acoustic or air-jet levitation, low-gravity float melting, melt spinning, or jet spraying, adapted to process.


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    Title :

    Making High-Porosity Alloy Spheroids


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    1986-06-01



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    English


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