journal article·2026-02-28

Effects of hollow sphere and heat treatment on the microstructures and compressive properties of Al–Cu–Mg–Ag syntactic foams

Chin-Wei Hsu, Yang-Chun Chiu, Tse-An Pan, Yu-Chih Tzeng, Yen-Fang Song, Hsiu-Chien Chan, Sheng-Long Lee

Journal of Materials Research· Volume 41· Issue 4
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