Research Article

Foaming Behavior and Pore Structure Evolution of Foamed Aluminum under the Extrusion Constraint

Table 2

Heating, foaming, and expansion parameters of samples at different furnace temperatures.

Furnace temperature, TL (°C)Pipe APipe B
Characteristic parameters800760760740

Time to enter the plateau zone150170170170
Time length of the plateau zone (s)<100100100150

Filling pointTime (s)320345330370
Temperature, Ts (°C)725727719718
Expansion height ratio, Hr (mm)2.32.32.02.0

Maximum expansion pointTemperatures, Ts (°C)740730740740
Porosity, P0 (%)78.776.174.475.1

Collapsing pointTime (s)330375350410
Temperatures, Ts (°C)760753748750

Foaming temperature range (°C)713–759696–753709–750685–750
Porosity range, P0 (%)60–78.760–7650–74.450–75.1