**Processing of Ceramic Foams**

**Processing of Ceramic Foams**

#### Xiaojian Mao Xiaojian Mao Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71006

#### **Abstract**

The ceramic foams have great importance in many industry fields. This chapter introduces the processing of ceramic foams by direct foaming technology. The structure of the precursor foams which attributes the final properties of the ceramic foams is described. Two different methods for foaming the ceramic slurry, as well as the techniques for foam consolidation, are presented in detail.

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71006

**Keywords:** ceramic foams, processing, foaming, stabilization, porosity
