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Porous or cellular metals are developed with advanced materials processing techniques to fulfil the emerging requirements of structural and functional applications. This chapter presents an overview of different methods of fabricating process involved in porous metal preparation and the important properties to analyse their characteristics. Finally, the structural and functional applications are presented.
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Vijayan, S., Anna Dilfi, K.F., Venkatachalapathy, S. (2022). Porous Metals. In: Uthaman, A., Thomas, S., Li, T., Maria, H. (eds) Advanced Functional Porous Materials. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85397-6_15
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