Cellular Metals and Polymers : CMaP : Proceedings of the Symposium on Cellular Metals and Polymers sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) held October 12 14 2004 in Fürth Germany including reports from DFG priority program Cellular Metals (SPP 1075) Closed Cell Metal Hollow Sphere Structures Made by Expandable Polystyrene Technology Metal Foams: Properties Micromechanical Modelling and Experimental Characterization of the Deformation Behaviour of Open Cell Metal Foams Notch Sensitivity of Aluminium Foams under Fatigue Loading Strain Hardening and Damage of Foamed Aluminium during Tensile Deformation Simulation of Cellular Aluminium: Crash and Impact Effect of Cell Characteristics on the Compressive Deformation Behavior of a Closed Cell Aluminium Study on the Production of Metal Foams Using Maxima of the Hydrogen Solubility of Casting Alloys The New Easy Foam Process Manufacture and Investigation of Metal Foam Hybrid Components Simulation of Metal Foam Formation with the Lattice Boltzmann Method Production of Fe Cr C Base Foam: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Fabrication Effect of Powder Blending Ratio on Pore Morphology of Combustion Processed Al Ni Foams Influence of Powder Pre Treatments on Metal Foam Pore Structure Investigation of Micropore Creation on the PM Foam Morphology Intro Cellular Metals and Polymers Preface Table of Contents Metal Foams: Keynotes An Overview of the Mechanical Properties of Foams and Periodic Lattice Materials Fabrication and Properties of Porous Materials with Directional Elongated Pores Metal Foam as a Combination of Lightweight Engineering and Damping VFT: The Novel Vacuum Foaming Technology for Mg Foams A New Generation of Materials and Products Metal Foams: Processes Analysis of Metal Foaming Behaviour and Development of Foaming Processes This collection constitutes an essential sourcebook for researchers producers and users seeking technical information on materials with foam like structures.The collection is unique in that it brings together people from the fields of metals and polymers. Both material types derive their advantageous properties from a cellular structure. These properties include: low weight high specific stiffness and strength excellent energy absorption capacity as well as damping and insulation properties. On the other hand the processing of metals is far more difficult due to the higher temperatures involved. Another important factor is the faster decay of metal foam structures at the end of the foaming process because of their combination of high surface tension and low viscosity. The differences in foamability between metals and polymers explain why cellular plastics have been widely used for some time whereas cellular metals have only recently found their first applications. The present volume expertly reviews the known scientific results in these fields; particularly with regard to the understanding of foam processing (e.g. mechanisms of stabilization) as well as foam properties (e.g. the materials response to fatigue and crash situations).This collection constitutes an essential sourcebook for researchers producers and users seeking technical information on materials with foam like structures. The 63 papers of this proceedings were first presented at the Symposium on Cellular Metals and Polymers sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in October 2004 in Fürth Germany. Also included are reports from the DFG program on Cellular Metals. Keynote talks were given on topics that include an overview of the mechanical properties of foams and periodic lattice materials physics of polymer foams and the role of rheology in foaming polymers. The papers are grouped into sections including processes of metal foams properties of metal foams particle foams and simulation component fabrication and application of metal foams and commercial applications and products of polymer foams. The volume is illustrated with b&w plates and contains an author Casting of Metallic Sponges Using Rapid Prototyping Precision Cast Near Net Shape Components Based on Cellular Metal Materials Injection Moulding of Magnesium Integral Foams Production and Properties of Foamed Magnesium Synthesis of Open Cell Metal Foams by Microwave Radiation Route SlipReactionFoamSintering (SRFS) Process: Production Parameters Characterisation Sintered Open Celled Metal Foams Made by Replication Method Manufacturing and Properties on Example of 316L Stainless Steel Foams Characterization and Simulation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Foams Structure Evaluation of Aluminium Foams and Relationships to Compression Strength Influence of the Local Density Distribution on the Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Foam Advanced Pore Morphology (APM) Aluminium Foams Concept Process and Characteristics Tension and Compression Behaviour of Stainless Steel (316L) Hollow Sphere Structures Determination of Linear and Non Linear Mechanical Properties of Sintered Hollow Sphere Structures