Study of the influence of synthesis technologies on the properties of syntactic carbon foams

Abstract

The paper studied the influence of starting components and operating conditions of synthesis processes on the performance properties of syntactic carbon foams. The studies determined the behavior and ranges of hardness, ultimate compressive strength, apparent density, and thermal conductivity of foams made by template carbonization and using carbon microballoons, depending on heat treatment temperature. They determined the influence of a volatile blowing agent (sodium chloride) with wide and narrow fraction on a change in the studied properties of syntactic carbon foams.