1. Foamed Metal le Foamed Aluminium ke eng
Ho theosa le nalane, ho sibolloa ha litšepe tse foamed ke mohato oa bohlokoahali phetohelong ea lefapha lohle la boenjineri ba thepa. Foam ea tšepe ke thepa e nang le mohaho oa tšepe o nang le palo e kholo ea li-pores tse tletseng likhase tse haufi le mohaho. Li-pores tsa li-foam tsena tsa tšepe li ka ba ka mokhoa oa li-interconnections kapa litiiso tsa hermetic, tse tsejoang e le li-foams tse bulehileng-sele le lisele tse koetsoeng, ka ho latellana. Har'a bona,foam ea aluminiumhona joale ke tšepe ea foam e nang le bokhoni bo boholo ba ho sebelisoa, 'me e tsejoa e le "metal star" ka lebaka la letoto la thepa e babatsehang, e kang porosity e phahameng, boima bo tlaase, boima bo bobebe, matla a phahameng, khatello e ntle, ho monya hantle, ho monya molumo o motle, le tšireletso ea motlakase. "metal star", e sebelisoang haholo boenjiniere ba sefofane, tlhahiso le mekhoa e meng ea ts'ebetso lefapheng la saense ea 'mele.

Litšobotsi tsa sebopeho sa foam ea aluminium: (a) Foam ea aluminium e bulehileng; (b) Foam ea aluminium e koetsoeng

2. Thepa le Likopo tsaFoam ea aluminium
Foam ea aluminium ke tšepe e nang le porosity e phahameng le sebopeho sa porous, moo li-pores tse tiisitsoeng li nkang hoo e ka bang likarolo tse tharo tsa kakaretso ea thepa ea tšepe, e leng se etsang hore boitsebiso bo be bobebe haholo. Ntle le thepa ena, foam ea aluminium e na le thepa e khahlang ea ho monya matla le compressibility e phahameng. Mabapi le letsoalo, bafuputsi ba fumane hore boholo ba lisampole tsa foam tsa aluminium li na le letsoalo la ho pota 0.4-1.2 g-cm-3. Ntle le moo, foam ea aluminium e monya molumo, e ka sebelisoa hape ebile e na le conductivity e tlase ea mocheso.

Sebopeho se ntlafetseng se thibelang phello e thibelang likokoana-hloko: 1 - letlalo le ka holimo; 2 -aluminiumfoam truss; 3 - letlalo le tlaase

Mabapi le lits'ebetso, ts'ireletso ea motlakase, thepa e bobebe le e monyang ea foam ea aluminium e etsa hore e be mokhethoa ea loketseng bakeng sa likarolo tse sebelisoang ho lisebelisoa tse laoloang tsa fusion, liindasteri tsa likoloi, tsa sefofane le tsa kaho ka lebaka la bokhoni ba eona ba ho hanela tikoloho e feteletseng ea 'mele. Ka lisebelisoa tse laoloang tsa fusion, foam ea aluminium ea sele e koetsoeng ke sesebelisoa se setle sa ho sireletsa motlakase. Ka lebaka la ho hokahana ha skeleton ea foam ea aluminium, e nang le sebaka se seholo se ikhethileng le bokhoni bo botle ba ho monya le ho bonahatsa maqhubu a motlakase, mefuta e fapaneng ea tahlehelo, joalo ka tahlehelo ea ho monya le tahlehelo ea ponaletso, e etsahala ka foam ea aluminium, e fanang ka foam aluminium thepa e ntle haholo ea ho sireletsa motlakase. Hape ho fumanoe hore ts'ebetso ea ts'ireletso ea motlakase ea foam ea aluminium e ea fokotseha ebe e eketseha ka keketseho ea maqhubu a maqhubu a motlakase. Lefapheng la lifofane, foam ea aluminium e sebelisoa e le karolo ea ho etsa li-cones tsa sebaka kapa li-turbine, tse bohlokoa haholo ho fokotsa boima ba likarolo tsa sefofane ka lebaka la boima bo tlase ba foam ea aluminium. Ho feta moo, e le sesebelisoa se khabane se monyang matla, foam ea aluminium e sebelisoa ha ho etsoa li-buffers tsa sepakapaka, li-absorption tse thothomelang le botlaaseng ba li-capsules tse khutlisetsang sepakapaka, tse nolofalletsang ho lula ho bolokehile le ho sireletsa linohe tsa linaleli le lisebelisoa tsa sebaka. Ka ho monya matla le ho thothomela ka nepo, foam ea aluminiamo e ka netefatsa polokeho ea linohe tsa linaleli ha ho ka ba le tšusumetso ea sefofa-sebakeng ho kotama.
Ka indasteri ea likoloi, foam ea aluminium e thusa ho fokotsa palo eohle ea likarolo tse sebelisoang ka foreimi, ho etsa hore mokhoa oa kopano o atlehe haholoanyane, oo qetellong o thusang ho fokotsa litšenyehelo le ho ntlafatsa tshebetso. Hajoale, foam ea aluminium e sebelisoa mekoallong ea likotsi, litho tsa sefapano le maballo a mamati ka har'a 'mele oa koloi' marakeng.

(a) Setšoantšo sa likarolo tsa 'mele tse monyang matla. (b) Setšoantšo sa moralo oa aluminiumfoamleqhoa la ho senya.

Ka indasteri ea kaho, tšebeliso e kholo eafoam ea aluminiume tšoana le tšitiso e thibelang mollo khahlanong le lerata le matla. Mehlala e tloaelehileng ea ts'ebetso ea meralo ea foam ea aluminium e koetsoeng ke seteishene sa London Underground le SOHO Revival Square e Shanghai, moo baqapi ba neng ba sebelisa foam e ngata ea aluminium bakeng sa ho monya le ho kenya molumo.

(a) (b) Lifoto tsa foam ea aluminium e sebelisoang ka hare ho SOHO Plaza, Shanghai; (c) Foam ea aluminium + lerako la tšepe le kopantseng lerako le monyang molumo oa Bermondsey Station, London Underground.

3. Qetello
Ho sibolloa ha foam ea aluminium ho nkoa e le katleho e tsotehang.Foam ea aluminiumthepa e kopanya thepa e ntle haholo ea tšireletso ea motlakase, boima bo bobebe, letsoalo le tlase, thepa ea ho thothomela le ho monya matla, e etsang hore e sebetse haholo liindastering tse fapaneng kajeno. Hoa thahasellisa hore foam ea aluminium le eona ke sehlahisoa se se nang tikoloho se ka sebelisoang hape, ho bolelang hore ke thepa e tšoarellang eo ka tšepo e tla sebelisoa palo e kholo ea lits'ebetso tsa indasteri nakong e tlang.