Preparation and Sound Absorption Coefficient Test of Aluminum Foam with CaO Granules Infiltrating Agent
Three kinds of aluminum foam of different pore sizes were prepared with a tailor-made low-pressure infiltration device. CaO granules in three sizes (0.45~0.71mm,0.71~090mm and 1.25~1.60mm) were selected as infiltrating agents. The processing parameters were as follows: granules preheat temperature of 700 °C,infiltration pressure of 0.04 MPa and aluminum liquid temperature of 720 °C. In order to improve the removal performance and porosity, mixture of CaO powder of finer than 300 mesh and pure alcohol was mixed uniformly with granules, which made the slurry-coating granules conformal contacts rather than point contacts as in the traditional infiltration method. The testing results show that among all aluminum foam specimens tested with transfer function methods, two kinds have high sound absorption coefficient in low frequency (250~1600Hz).