Elaboration and Mechanical-Electrochemical Characterisation of Open Cell Antimonial-lead Foams Made by the “Excess Salt Replication Method” for Eventual Applications in Lead-acid Batteries Manufacturing
Open Access
- 30 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers/HDKI in Kemija u industriji
- Vol. 69 (7-8), 387-398
- https://doi.org/10.15255/kui.2020.001
Abstract
In this study, open cell 25 % antimony-lead alloy foams are fabricated for possible use to lighten thick plates of lead-acid batteries. A new inexpensive and simple variant of the salt replication process is developed and explored. Different morphology and shapes have been successfully obtained with "excess salt replication" method (abbreviated as ESR method). Best porosity of about 68 % is obtained with salt particles size of about 3 mm. SEM and EDXS investigation of the composite salt/antimony alloy before NaCl leaching revealed the presence of the lead oxides microfilm coating cell walls and becoming lead carbonates after salt removal. Uniaxial compressive behaviour of the resulting cellular materials is studied for foams with porosities between 45 % and 70 %, and salt grain size ranging between 2.5 and 5 mm. A higher plateau stress is reached compared to the results obtained in the literature working on the aluminium foams. The reproducibility of the process is proved along samples.Keywords
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