E mafai ona fa'aogaina le foam nikeli e fai ma mea faamama, o se fa'aulu fa'amaneta mo le fa'aogaina o vaega maneta i vai. O isi fa'aoga e aofia ai le fa'aogaina o le fa'aogaina o le hydrogen ma le fa'aliliuina o le vevela. Nickel foam o se mea e faʻafefe leo ma sili ona lelei le faʻatinoga, o loʻo i ai le maualuga maualuga o le faʻaogaina o le leo i laina maualuga; e mafai ona ausia lona leo-absorbing faatinoga i alalaupapa maualalo e ala i le mamanu o le fausaga leo-absorbing. O le foam nikeli o se tasi lea o mea eletise lelei mo le faia o maa cadmium-nickel ma maa hydrogen-nickel. O le faagasologa o le saunia o le nickel foam e ala i le electro-deposition technique na manuia ona atiae e ala i suesuega. O mea fa'avae o lo'o fa'aaogaina o le palasitika foam foam porous cell. E mafai ona saunia le tulaga conductive e tolu auala: kemisi nickel plating, vacuum nickel plating ma faatofu conductive pipii. A maeʻa le faʻamaʻi, e mafai ona faʻapipiʻiina i se vaifofo faʻapipiʻi nickel sulfate masani. Nikeli, pe a uma ona susunuina, toe faʻaleleia ma faʻasolosolo faʻagasologa, e mafai ona maua ni mea faʻapipiʻi nickel ma le faʻatinoina lelei.