Friday, August 15, 2025

Innovative applications of copper foam in the field of water treatment

Product: Copper foam sheet

Size: 240x120x10mm

Usage: Water Treatment

Ship to: Sweden

As a new type of porous functional Material, copper foam is showing broad application prospects in the field of water treatment due to its uNique physicochemical properties. This metal material with a three-dimensional connected pore structure, combined with high specific surface area, excellent electrical conductivity, and antibacterial properties, provides an innovative solution to the bottleneck of traditional water treatment technology.

Core Characteristics Advantages

  1. Large specific surface area: porosity as high as 85%-95%, specific surface area of up to 5000-10000m²/m³, significantly improving the pollutant contact efficiency
  2. Excellent electrical conductivity: Resistivity as low as 1.7×10-⁸Ω-m, suitable for electrochemical treatment process.
  3. Natural antimicrobial properties: The slow-release effect of copper ions can inhibit the growth of microorganisms
  4. Good mechanical strength: compressive strength of 5-20MPa, better than polymer porous materials


Typical application directions

Electrochemical water treatment

Filtration and adsorption

Antibacterial water purification

Technical and economic analysis

- Service life: 5-8 years (3-5 times that of activated carbon)

- Running cost: 20-40% lower than the traditional process

- Recyclability: 100% recyclable copper material

At present, copper foam has been successfully applied in the fields of printing and dyeing wastewater treatment, electroplating wastewater reuse, and direct drinking water purification. With the maturity of the preparation process (e.g., template method, electrodeposition method, etc.), its cost is decreasing by 10-15% per year, and it is expected that it will be realized in the municipal water treatment market in the next five years to achieve large-scale application.

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Company Name: Beihai Composite Materials Co., Ltd.
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Country: China
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