Article
Assessment of Carbon Foam Geometry during Copper Coating
Carbon
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Abstract
Copper electroplating was used to improve the thermo-mechanical properties of carbon foam. As the coating time increased, the pore size, foam porosity and specific surface area were altered. This dynamic process kept changing as a function of carbon microstructure and geometry. However, the final physical properties of the coated foam seem to depend mainly on the coating thickness. A numerical model was developed to determine the coating thickness and its distribution. The coating thickness was measured using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. A comparison of the mathematical model to the experimental measurements reveals that the model is capable of predicting the coating thickness inside carbon foam fairly well.
Inclusive pages
4238–4247
ISBN/ISSN
0008-6223
Copyright
Copyright © 2010, Elsevier
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Mohammad Rajab Almajali and Khalid Lafdi. "Assessment of Carbon Foam Geometry during Copper Coating" Carbon Vol. 48 Iss. 15 (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/khalid_lafdi/29/