The casting process and cooling rate determine the morphology of authentic silicon particles produced in aluminum alloys. slow alloy through Lost Foam Casting (LFC) method a result low mechanical properties. purpose this study was effect added Strontium (Sr) modifier to A356 on microstructure properties LFC method. Aluminum alloys are melted using crucible poured at temperature 730 oC surface p...

It is controversial whether the plastic Poisson’s ratio and ellipticity are invariable in Deshpande–Fleck model, which describes constitutive behavior of foam materials. In this paper, model modified by a variable plasticity based on nonassociated flow rule. The measured situ digital image correlation (DIC) technology during uniaxial compression experiment aluminum foam. then determined through...

Materials with negative Poisson?s ratio are called auxetics and they present enhanced properties (e.g. damping, indentation resistance, fracture toughness impact resistance) under external loadings. The auxetic derived from peculiar-shaped microstructures, such as starshaped frames. In the investigation, several applications studied using microstructures. Finite element models developed for dyn...

A system for separation of zinc traces from large amounts of cadmium is proposed in this paper. It is based on the solid-phase extraction of the zinc in the form of thiocyanate complexes by the polyurethane foam. The following parameters were studied: effect of pH and of the thiocyanate concentration on the zinc extraction, shaking time required for quantitative extraction, amount of PU foam ne...