Third International Conference on Porous Media

and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry

Porous Metal and Metallic Foam Session

Scope:

Porous metals and metallic foams are relatively new materials that combine the characteristics of porous media, such as permeability, high surface area and reduced density, with the specific properties of metals, such as high thermal and electrical conductivities, thermal and chemical stability and good mechanical properties. Such a unique combination has aroused the interest of the scientific community and motivated research activities that resulted in the development of a large selection of materials available in various morphologies and structures. Porous metals and metallic foams are in fact now produced industrially using different metals. Several applications have been developed and reached commercial production, resulting in products such as filters, heat exchangers, sound absorbers, electrodes, sensors, catalyst supports and biomedical implants to name a few. The porous metals and metallic foams session of the International Conference on Porous Media is intended to share the latest developments in this area and promote exchanges between researchers and materials engineers working on porous metals and metallic foams with specialists on the characterization and modeling of porous medium structures and properties. The session will focus on open-cell and permeable porous metals and metallic foams for applications involving flow through or surface exchange phenomena.

Topics:

The session will cover the following topics:

A. Synthesis of cellular metals (metallic foams and porous metals)

B. Characterization (permeability, electrical and thermal conductivity, diffusion, etc…)

C. Modelling

D. Applications and case studies

Session chairman:

Louis-Philippe Lefebvre

National Research Council Canada

Industrial Materials Institute

75 de Mortagne, Boucherville

Quebec, Canada

J4B 6Y4

450-641-5031

louis-philippe.lefebvre@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca