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Porous materials and its


applications
Harshith Narayana Naik
USN : 4VV20ME412
What are Porous materials
• It can be defined as, continuous, solid material filled with voids
• Porous materials are characterized by its ‘Porosity’.
• There are a variety of porous materials differing in chemical
composition, pore geometry and size.
Porosity
• Porous material contain pores (cavities, channels) which are deeper
than they are wide.

Either describe the pores, or describe the cell/pore walls


Properties of porous materials

• Lightweight structure
• Energy absorber
• High temperature resistant
• Heat exchanger
• Biomaterial
• Filter
Applications
• Water purification
• Gas separation
• Electrical applications
• Electrode material for energy storage
devices
• Thermal insulation
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