METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL

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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18999775 titled 'METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL

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Methods for manufacturing a composite material and composite materials are provided. The method may include preparing a metal foam, preparing a mixture including the metal foam and a curable polymer, curing the curable polymer of the mixture to obtain a composite material, and performing a planarization treatment. The planarization treatment may be performed on the metal foam before preparing the mixture, on the mixture before curing the curable polymer, and/or on the composite material. The composite materials may include a metal foam and a polymer that is on a surface and/or in pores of the metal foam. The composite material may have a surface roughness of 2 μm or less and/or may have a thermal resistance of 0.5 Kin/W or less at 20 psi.