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FRONTIERS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 157-167Publisher
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-016-0338-8
Keywords
foam; vitreous carbon; reticulated; cellular structure; pyrolysis
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- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus [T15CO-020]
- Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
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Reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC) foams were manufactured by multiple replications of a polyurethane foam template structure using ethanolic solutions of phenolic resin. The aims were to create an algorithm of fine tuning the precursor foam density and ensure an open-cell reticulated porous structure in a wide density range. The precursor foams were pyrolyzed in inert atmospheres at 700 degrees C, 1100 degrees C and 2000 degrees C, and RVC foams with fully open cells and tunable bulk densities within 0.09-0.42 g/cm(3) were synthesized. The foams were characterized in terms of porous structure, carbon lattice parameters, mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, electric conductivity, and corrosive resistance. The reported manufacturing approach is suitable for designing the foam microstructure, including the strut design with a graded microstructure.
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