Carbon Foam Introduction

What is carbon foam?

Carbon foam is much like polyurethane foam in its structure. The ligaments of the foam are pure glassy carbon, or vitreous carbon. The cell walls of the foam are open, and the ligaments form a shape similar to a carbon buckyball. To learn more about our carbon foam visit the General Foam Introduction and RVC Properties page.

Duocel Carbon Foam

ERG’s carbon foam is called RVC or reticulated vitreous carbon. Vitreous carbon is a brittle, glass like form of pure carbon. Duocel RVC is available in a wide selection of porosities and densities. Our RVC is unique because unlike other carbon foam companies who may use spheres of carbon sintered together, or other forms of pressed carbon to create foam, we utilize a direct foaming method which produces our unique RVC structure.

Applications of Carbon Foam

Duocel RVC foam has several qualities that make it ideal for applications in catalysts, electrodes, substrate and scaffold structures, as well as filtration systems. A high surface area combined with the nature of pure glassy carbon make our carbon foam well suited for fuel cell and biological research. Explore our product gallery to learn more...