Table 2. Experimental Porosity Parameters and Estimated Macromechanical Behavior of Porous Implants.
| Archimedes’
method |
image
analysis |
macromechanical
behavior |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||