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. 2023 Sep 7;24(11):4743–4758. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00532

Table 2. Experimental Porosity Parameters and Estimated Macromechanical Behavior of Porous Implants.

  Archimedes’ method
image analysis
macromechanical behavior
space-holder technique PT (%) Pi (%) Deq (μm) Ff Ed (GPa) σy (MPa)
30 vol % 30.5 ± 0.3 18.4 ± 0.2 190 ± 115 0.73 ± 0.2 55 ± 0.8 350 ± 25
100–200 μm
60 vol % 58.3 ± 0.6 53.40 ± 0.9 393 ± 130 0.78 ± 0.4 31.2 ± 1.5 87 ± 32
355–500 μm