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Potential applications for steel and titanium metal foams

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Techniques for making metal cellular structures have been successfully developed to commercialize aluminium and nickel foam. Work to extend these methods to create steel and titanium foams is well advanced. The question arises: in which applications might they find success? Here we apply a general methodology for exploring potential applications to answer this question.

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  1. L.T.P.C.M, Domaine Universitaire de Grenoble, BP75, 38402, Saint Martin d'Heres Cedex, France

    A. Salimon & Y. Bréchet

  2. Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ, Cambridge, UK

    M. F. Ashby

  3. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, CB2 3QZ, Cambridge, UK

    A. L. Greer

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Salimon, A., Bréchet, Y., Ashby, M.F. et al. Potential applications for steel and titanium metal foams. J Mater Sci 40, 5793–5799 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-005-4993-x

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