Porous carbon materials were prepared with a thermal treatment of coal tar pitch at 550 in the Ar gas. Growth, merger, and distribution of pore were characterized with scanning electron microscopy as variation ascending temperature gradient and chamber pressure. After graphitizing at the 2600 (1 hr.), walls and connecting parts between pores were investigated with X-ray diffraction patterns. Wall thickness and pore size decreases as increasing ascending temperature gradient, and pore size becomes homogeneous. Graphite quality and thermal conductivity become higher due to the enhanced orientation of walls and connecting parts between pores.

A technology of hardening porous materials of titan powders has been elaborated. The technology is based on passing alternating current with duration of ~10-1...101 s through porous (35...40%) blanks made by method of Sintering by Electric Discharge (SED) by passing a pulse of current with duration of ~10-5...10-3 s. The influence of technological regimes of porous blanks treatment on their structure and properties is investigated. Geometry and dimension of contact necks between powder particles of obtained samples are evaluated. Variations of porosity and strengths as well as microstructure of porous samples materials before and after treatment are investigated. Optimum range of treatment technological regimes is determined within which porosity of 30...35% with maximum strength values.

Investigation of influence the morphology of initial powder particles, application pore-formers for sintering of nickel powders and application of flux for sintering of aluminum was made. Using different methods was prepared material with size of porous in wide range size of pores (). Using the flux for gravity sintering of aluminum in air atmosphere was manufactured porous material with porosity about 45%..

This paper described the state of art of porous metal materials, the typical manufacturing technologies and performances of sintered metal porous materials, with emphasis on the recent research achievements of CISRI in development of porous metal materials. High performance porous metal materials, such as metallic membrane, sub-micron asymmetric composite porous metal, large dimensional and structure complicated porous metal aeration cones and tube, metallic catalytic filter elements, lotus-type porous materials, etc, have been developed. Their applications in energy industry, petrochemical industry, clean coal process and other industrial fields were introduced and discussed.

The paper presents some results regarding the obtaining of some copper heat pipes with a porous copper internal layer for electronic components cooling. The heat pipes were realized by sintering of spherical copper powders of size directly on the internal side of a copper pipe of 18 mm in diameter. The obtained pipes were then brazed in order to obtain a heat pipe of 0.5 m in length. After that, the heat pipe was sealed and filled with a small quantity of distilled water as working fluid. To establish the total heat transport coefficient and the thermal flow transferred at the evaporator, some external devices were realized to allow the heating of the evaporator and the cooling of the condenser. Water heat pipes are explored in the intermediate temperature range of 303 up to 500 K. Test data are reported for copper water heat pipe, which was tested under different orientations. The obtained results show that the water heat pipe has a good thermal transfer performance in the temperatures range between 345 and 463 K.

Recently, the control of pore-characteristics of nano-porous materials has been studied extensively because of their unique applications, which includes size-selective separation, gas adsorption/storage, heterogeneous catalysis, etc. The most widely adopted techniques for controlling pore characteristics include the utilization of pillar effect by metal oxide and of templates such as zeolites. More recently, coordination polymers constructed by transition metal ions and bridging organic ligands have afforded new types of nano-porous materials, porous metal-organic framework(porous MOF), with high degree and uniformity of porosity. The pore characteristics of these porous MOFs can be designed by controlling the coordination number and geometry of selected metal, e.g transition metal and rare-earth metal, and the size, rigidity, and coordination site of ligand. The synthesis of porous MOF by the assembly of metal ions with di-, tri-, and poly-topic N-bound organic linkers such as 4,4'-bipyridine(BPY) or multidentate linkers such as carboxylates, which allow for the formation of more rigid frameworks due to their ability to aggregate metal ions into M-O-C cluster, have been reported. Other porous MOF from co-ligand system or the ligand with both C-O and C-N type linkage can afford to control the shape and size of pores. Furthermore, for the rigidity and thermal stability of porous MOF, ring-type ligand such as porphyrin derivatives and ligands with ability of secondary bonding such as hydrogen and ionic bonding have been studied.

Research activities of Russian Medical Engineering Center and Institute of Medical Materials of Shape Memory Alloys and Implants are presented as follows: The direction of elaboration of porous shape memory alloys for medicine. Medical and technical requirements and physical and mechanical criteria of porous shape memory implants elaboration. Basic laws of heat-, stress- and strain-induced changes of mechanical properties, shape memory effect and superelasticity in porous TiNi-based alloys. Methods of regulation of shape memory effect parameters in porous alloys and methods for controlling the regulation-induced changes of physical and mechanical properties. Original technologies of elaboration of porous alloys In various fields of medicine. Arrangement of serial production of shape memory porous implants and examples of their medical use.

지표-지각환경을 구성하는 지질매체의 구조와 성질의 정량적-체계적 이해를 위한 예비연구로, 매질을 구성하는 입자의 모양, 크기, 충전 밀도가 공극 구조의 특성과 매질의 성질에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 입자의 모양이 구형인 글래스 비드와 모양이 불규칙한 실리카 젤을 이용하여 입자 크기와 공극률이 서로 다른 다양한 다공성 매질을 준비하였고, 핵자기공명 현미영상을 이용하여 약 50 μm의 분해능으로 삼차원 영상을 획득하였다. 분석 결과, 지름 약 0.2~1.3 mm 크기의 입자로 구성된 다공성 매질의 비표면적은 2.5부터 9.6 mm2/mm3, 공극률은 0.21에서 0.38, 투수율은 11.6에서 892.3 D이며, 이는 일반적인 미고결 샌드가 갖는 값의 범위에 해당된다. 비표면적, 공극률, 투수율의 관계는 Kozeny 식에서 예상된 경향과 비교적 일치하였다. 상자집계 프랙탈 차원은 공극률, 비표면적과의 관련성이 높으며, 공극률이 0.29~0.38일 때 비표면적이 약 2.5부터 6.0 mm2/mm3까지 증가할수록 프랙탈 차원이 2.6에서 3.0까지 선형으로 증가하며, 공극률이 0.21~0.28일 때 비표면적이 약 2.5부터 9.6 mm2/mm3까지 증가할수록 프랙탈 차원이 2.5에서 3.0까지 선형으로 증가한다. 실제 다공성 사암에 포함된 유체의 삼차원 구조를 핵자기공명 현미영상으로 영상화하였고, 이에 대한 비표면적은 0.33 mm2/mm3, 공극률은 0.017, 투수율은 30.9 mD, 상자 집계 프랙탈 차원은 1.59로 계산되었다. 본 연구에서 제시된 것과 같이 핵자기공명 현미영상은 다양한 다공성 매질의 삼차원 공극 구조를 영상화할 수 있고, 삼차원 공극 구조에 대한 상자집계 프랙탈 차원은 본 연구에서와 같이 다양한 공극 구조에 대해 분석이 가능하며, 다공성 매질의 이동 특성을 나타내는 매개 변수들과 지진파 감쇠 등에 대한 조절 인자로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구에서는 최근 환경재료로서 관심이 모아지고 있는 다공성 콘크리트를 하천구조물(보 및 하상재료)에 적용함으로써 수질을 개선하고자 수행하였다. 먼저, 물리ㆍ화학적 특징을 평가해 본 결과, 공극률 10% 및 30%의 다공성 콘크리트의 압축강도는 일반 콘크리트의 최저 압축강도(180 kgf/)를 상회하여 하천구조물에 적용 가능하였고, 알칼리 용출에 의한 부착 미생물에의 영향도 거의 없을 것으로 판단되었다. 또한, 일반 콘크리트와 다공성 콘크리트로 하천구조