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Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Foam Type
- Product Type
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Ready-to-Use Product Features
- How is Aluminum Foam used and what are its advantages?
Aluminum foam, also known as foamed aluminum, is used in a wide array of applications and industries.
- Mechanical Applications (e.g., structural components, impact/energy absorbers)
- High strength-to-weight
- Customizable strength
- Isotropic compression
- Thermal Applications (e.g., heat exchangers)
- High surface area per unit volume
- Creates turbulence in flowing fluids which minimizes boundary layers and promotes mixing to enhance thermal performance
- Custom conformal shapes/geometries to optimize size and weight
- Filtration and Media Separation (e.g., air-oil separators, flame arrestors, baffles)
- Tortuous path for media/debris to pass through
- Mechanical Applications (e.g., structural components, impact/energy absorbers)
- Characteristics
- Lightweight
- High strength-to-weight ratio
- Customizable Strength
- High surface area-to-volume
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Product End Uses
Properties
- Physical Form
- Physico-Chemical Properties
- Properties
- Alloys: 6101 (standard), 1XXX, 6XXX, 7XXX
- PPI: 5, 10, 20, 40
- Compression: Uncompressed to 5X (standard)
- Heat Treat Condition: T6 (standard), F, O, T4
- Optional:
- Coatings
- Joining/Assembly
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Compression Strength | 2.53 | MPa | — |
| Tensile Strength | 1.24 | MPa | — |
| Shear Strength | 1.31 | MPa | — |
| Modulus of Elasticity (Compression) | 103.08 | MPa | — |
| Modulus of Elasticity (Tension) | 101.84 | MPa | — |
| Shear Modulus | 199.95 | MPa | — |
| Vickers Pyramid Number | 35.0 | HV | — |
| Specific Heat | 0.895 | J/g °C | — |
| Bulk Thermal Conductivity | 3.4 | BTU/ft ·hr·°F | — |
| Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (0-100°C) | 23.58 × 10⁻⁶ | m/m°C | — |
| Bulk Resistivity | 7.2 × 10⁻⁵ | ohm- cm | — |
| Melting Point | 660.0 | °C | — |
| Relative Density | 4 - 12 | % | — |
| Heat Treatment Condition | T6 | — | — |
| Compression Factor (Up to Approximately 50% Relative Density) | Uncompressed, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X | — | — |