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University of Nottingham
Preparation and characterisation of metal powder slurries for use as precursors for metal foams made by gel casting
Fundamental work demonstrating the methods for producing metals in slurry form, a vital precursor to the manufacture of metal foams by a low cost route, which has been developed in-house, by the production of high quality metal foam parts. TSB funding has followed on from this work: MINOLA – manufacturing Metal foam – CFRP tools for aerospace tooling. The fundamental understanding of the slurry behaviour has led to work with Cathodic Protection, producing coated Ag electrodes, a process they are using for commercial production of reference electrodes. Contact: Marcus Hardy, marcus.hardy@cathodic.co.uk