Especially cellular aluminum materials have been extensively developed and investigated in the recent years. But also magnesium is a suitable metal for cellular metals due to its low density. By a special casting method open-cellular magnesium with a very low density of 0.05 g/cm3 is fabricated that shows high potential for usage as energy absorbers.
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