The relationship between preparation conditions and tensile strength has been investigated for a nickel foam produced by electrodeposition on an organic foam. After sintering in a NH3 decomposition atmosphere at 980°C for 40 min, the results show that the tensile strength is hardly influenced by burning in air at 600°C for 4 min beforehand, or by lowering the sintering temperature to 850°C. During conductive treatment of the organic matrix it was found that coating with graphite base conductive colloid or chemically plating with Ni–P alloy (∼5 wt-%P) brought the same tensile strength for the eventual product.
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