foamed metal

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noun Chemistry, Metallurgy.

a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock-absorbing properties and light weight.

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How to use foamed metal in a sentence

The taste of metal cutlery after years of plastic can also taste funny.
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Once a month he attaches a device to his chest, clamps metal bracelets on his wrists, and hooks the whole thing up to a telephone.
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All the parts are made of metal, so that no change in the weather can affect their relative positions.
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Indirect lighting gave a pretty gleam to the metal gadgets on the tables.
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