Open AccessLow density, microcellular, dopable, agar/gelatin foams for pulsed power experiments
Author(s) -
William F. McNamara,
J. Aubert
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/461291
Subject(s) - gelatin , materials science , agar , polymer , power density , composite material , chemical engineering , power (physics) , chemistry , thermodynamics , biochemistry , genetics , physics , bacteria , biology , engineering
Low-density, microcellular foams prepared from the natural polymers agar and gelatin have been developed for pulsed-power physics experiments. Numerous experiments were supported with foams having densities at or below 10 mg/cm{sup 3}. For some of the experiments, the agar/gelatin foam was uniformly doped with metallic elements using soluble salts. Depending on the method of preparation, cell sizes were typically below 10 microns and for one process were below 1.0 micron
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