Metal Foam

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

478

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Take a piece of plastic foam - electroplate it with copper, zinc even gold - burn off the plastic and you’re left with one of industries’ most exciting new materials, metal foam. Its lightness, adaptability and large surface area have a myriad of uses, from jet exhausts to safety in coal mines.

Researcher Comments

Uses footage from a BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’ programme

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/71

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Marion Foster

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