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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2025, Vol. 39 Issue (7): 481-488    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2024.356
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Preparation of Bi-continuous Interpenetrating Porous Composite and Its Heat Treatment Enhancement
LIU Endian1, BAI Yu1(), LI Jiawen1, HAO Hai1,2()
1.Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
2.Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China
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LIU Endian, BAI Yu, LI Jiawen, HAO Hai. Preparation of Bi-continuous Interpenetrating Porous Composite and Its Heat Treatment Enhancement. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2025, 39(7): 481-488.

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Abstract  

Foam metals have become a hot choice for protection due to their excellent specific strength and energy absorption capabilities, and the advancement of light-weighting has posed higher performance requirements and challenges for foam metals. Herein, the disordered-ordered interpenetrating porous composite (Al foam /ZL111 Al-alloy) was prepared via a combination technique of melt foaming and infiltration casting methods. The corresponding quasi-static mechanical properties of characteristic units were analyzed, and the mechanical properties of the composite structural characteristic units may be greatly improved compared to the single structure. The compressive strength of the composite is increased by 66% compared to the sum of their single components, and the plateau stresses were increased by 204%. In order to further improve the comprehensive mechanical properties of the composite structure, the characteristic unit was subjected to T6 heat-treatment and tested in quasi-static compression. The specific compressive strength, plateau stress, and energy-absorbing capacity of the T6 heated unit were enhanced by 73.54%, 107%, and 83.18%, respectively, compared with those before heat treatment. According to the microstructure examination, it can be seen that the eutectic silicon is transformed from the original lamellar to the equiaxed spherical shape after the T6 heat treatment, which reduces the elastic modulus of the material to a certain extent, but significantly improves the compressive strength and plateau stress of the material, and thus improves the energy-absorbing capacity of the composite structure. The interpenetrating porous composite structure can effectively retain the respective advantages of the single component and thus show excellent energy absorption ability, therefore, an appropriate heat treatment of the bi-continuous interpenetrating porous metal (alloy material) structure is an effective means to improve the comprehensive mechanical properties of the material.

Key words:  composite      Al-matrix porous      bi-continuous interpenetrating structure      compression properties      T6 heat treatment      energy absorption     
Received:  21 August 2024     
ZTFLH:  TG146.2+1  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52171030)
Corresponding Authors:  BAI Yu, Tel: (0411)84709458, E-mail: ybai@dlut.edu.cn;
HAO Hai, Tel: (0411)84709458, E-mail: haohai@dlut.edu.cn

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https://www.cjmr.org/EN/10.11901/1005.3093.2024.356     OR     https://www.cjmr.org/EN/Y2025/V39/I7/481

Fig.1  Schematic representation of the preparation process of the Bi-continuous interpenetrating porous composite and the components of the characteristic units
Fig.2  Process of T6 heat treatment
Fig.3  Structural and internal pores structural parameters of the characteristic unit before and after heat treatment
(a) shows the morphology of the pores in the characteristic unit before heat treatment, (b) shows the three-dimensional reconstruction of the characteristic unit, and (c) shows the co-presentation of the pores and the reconstruction, (d) shows the morphology of the pores in the characteristic unit after heat treatment, (e) shows the three-dimensional reconstruction of the characteristic unit after heat treatment, and (f) shows the co-presentation of the pores and the reconstruction after heat treatment, (g) and (h) show the distribution of the size of the pores in the characteristic unit before and after heat treatment and the sphericity respectively
Fig.4  Mechanical properties of configurations and their components (a) stress-strain curves; (b) corresponding mechanical property indexes
Fig.5  Energy absorption of configurations and their components (a) energy absorption-strain curves, (b) energy absorption and specific energy absorption of specimens, (c) enhancement of mechanical properties by composite reinforcement and heat treatment enhancement effects
Fig.6  Microstructure morphology and phase in ZL111 alloy before and after T6 heat treatment
Fig.7  Morphology and element distribution of ZL111/AF interface before and after T6 heat treatment
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