{"id":110,"date":"2025-10-11T20:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/34.174.249.85\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:54:54","slug":"b-foam-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/?page_id=110","title":{"rendered":"b-Foam Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>b-Foam utilizes granular ferric oxide (GFO)<strong> <\/strong>materials widely recognized for their high affinity toward arsenic, mercury, and lead. These active particles are securely integrated into the foam scaffold, forming a three-dimensional reactive matrix with high accessible surface area and excellent mechanical integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foam\u2019s open-cell architecture enables uniform fluid distribution and a tortuous flow path, enhancing contact time and maximizing contaminant removal efficiency while maintaining low hydraulic resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Performance Advantages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Heavy Metal Reduction:<\/strong> Effectively removes <strong>As(III\/V), Cd\u00b2\u207a, Cu\u00b2\u207a, Hg\u00b2\u207a, and Pb\u00b2\u207a<\/strong> through adsorption and surface complexation mechanisms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High Absorptive Capacity:<\/strong> Engineered to deliver sustained removal performance over long service intervals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low Pressure Drop:<\/strong> Reticulated structure promotes laminar flow and prevents clogging or channeling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chemical Stability:<\/strong> Maintains performance under varied pH and ionic strength conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Customizable Iron Loading:<\/strong> Iron oxide content and foam density tailored to specific system designs and treatment goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Technical Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Property<\/th><th>Typical Value<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Base Material<\/td><td>Reticulated Polyurethane Foam<\/td><td>Open-cell, high-void structure<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Functional Additive<\/td><td>Iron Oxide Media<\/td><td>Granular ferric oxide (GFO)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Density Range<\/td><td>0.30 \u2013 0.60 g\/cm\u00b3<\/td><td>Dependent on oxide loading<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pore Size<\/td><td>15 \u2013 30 PPI<\/td><td>Tuned for flow and diffusion rate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operating pH<\/td><td>5 \u2013 9<\/td><td>Optimal range for heavy metal adsorption<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operating Temperature<\/td><td>up to 80 \u00b0C<\/td><td>Stable under standard water treatment conditions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Typical Pressure Drop<\/td><td>&lt; 10 mbar (at nominal flow)<\/td><td>High permeability with minimal resistance<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview b-Foam utilizes granular ferric oxide (GFO) materials widely recognized for their high affinity toward arsenic, mercury, and lead. These active particles are securely integrated into the foam scaffold, forming a three-dimensional reactive matrix with high accessible surface area and excellent mechanical integrity. The foam\u2019s open-cell architecture enables uniform fluid distribution and a tortuous flow &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/?page_id=110\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;b-Foam Series&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filtrafoam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}