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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Dirk Naumann, Mississauga, CA;
Lloyd Timberg, Burlington, CA;
Alexander Böhm, Hähnichen, DE;
Gunnar Walther, Dresden, DE;
Dirk Naumann, Mississauga, CA;
Lloyd Timberg, Burlington, CA;
Alexander Böhm, Hähnichen, DE;
Gunnar Walther, Dresden, DE;
Alantum Corporation, Joongwon-gu, Seongnam, Gyonggi-do, KR;
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten FORSCHUNG E.V., München, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to open-pored metallic foam bodies as well as a method for manufacturing thereof. These metallic foam bodies are allowed to be advantageously used with ambient environmental conditions causing a high corrosion to many conventional materials, and accordingly reducing the lifetime thereof frequently. According to the set object, the metallic foam bodies should have a low mass simultaneously with a high specific surface, and increased corrosion resistance under chemically aggressive ambient environmental conditions. An open-pored metallic foam body according to the invention is then developed such that it is formed from a nickel-copper alloy having at least 40 percent by weight of nickel and yet a porosity of at least 90%.