Anisotropic porous metals production by melt processing
- State Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Liquid Metal Processing Lab.
The collapse of the Soviet Union has left many of its scientific institutes and technical universities without their traditional backbone of financial support. In an effort to stem the export of science to nations advocating nuclear proliferation, and to acquire potentially useful technology, several US government-sponsored programs have arise to mine the best of former USSR scientific advances. In the field of metallurgy, the earliest institutes to be investigated by Sandia National Laboratories are located in Ukraine. In particular, scientists at the State Metallurgical Academy have developed unique porous metals, resembling what could be described as gas-solid ``eutectic``. While porous metals are available in the US and other western countries, none have the remarkable structure and properties of these materials. Sandia began a collaborative program with the Ukrainian scientists to bring this technology to the US, verify the claims regarding these materials, and begin production of the so-called Gasars. This paper will describe the casting process technology and metallurgy associated with the production of Gasars, and will review the progress of the collaborative project.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 432980
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-97-0300C; CONF-970232-5; ON: DE97003029; TRN: AHC29704%%96
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International symposium on liquid metal processing and casting, Santa Fe, NM (United States), Feb 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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