Short Review: Ceramic Foam Fabrication Techniques for Wastewater Treatment Application

Abstract:

Ceramic foam is a class of highly porous materials that are used for wide range of technological applications, specifically as absorbents and membrane for wastewater treatment process. Among the potential materials include silicon carbide (SiC), alumina (Al₂O₃), zirconia (ZrO₂), titania (TiO₂), and silica (SiO₂). The review clarifies on the broad types of ceramic foam, and the common techniques of foam fabrication, such as polymeric sponge method, starch consolidation, direct foaming, and gel-casting of foam. The parameters of each fabrication techniques will be discussed crucial based on the new research findings in the field of ceramic foam.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 795)
• Pages: 5-8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.5
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Sufizar Ahmad, Marziana Abdoll Latif, Hariati Taib, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail
• Keywords: Cellular Structures, Density, Polymeric Sponge Method, Porosity

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