Title

Assessment of Carbon Foam Geometry during Copper Coating

Author(s)

Mohammad Rajab Almajali, University of Dayton
Khalid Lafdi, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2010

Publication Source

Carbon

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

Volume

48

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

15

eCommons Citation

Almajali, Mohammad Rajab and Lafdi, Khalid, "Assessment of Carbon Foam Geometry during Copper Coating" (2010). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 72.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/72