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Published in final edited form as: J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2012 Mar 7;7(8):631–641. doi: 10.1002/term.555

Table 3.

Designed porosity (%) and calculated total sintered open porosity (%).

Designed Pore Size	Sintering Temperature	Sintering Method	Bulk Density (%)	Total Open Porosity (%)	Designed Porosity
500 μm	1150 °C	CS	32.02 ± 2.28	57.87 ± 2.63	27%
	1150 °C	MW	38.67 ± 1.35	51.4 ± 3.1
	1250 °C	CS	37.69 ± 0.63	54.11 ± 3.97
	1250 °C	MW	42.95 ± 1.60	42.75 ± 0.99
750 μm	1150 °C	CS	28.22 ± 1.19	63.1 ± 0.26	35%
	1150 °C	MW	33.95 ± 1.26	59.76 ± 1.42
	1250 °C	CS	30.80 ± 0.29	58.61 ± 5.35
	1250 °C	MW	39.97 ± 3.83	46.98 ± 5.24
1000 μm	1150 °C	CS	32.91 ±0.16	63.83 ± 5.17	41%
	1150 °C	MW	35.16 ± 0.86	57.74 ± 4.64
	1250 °C	CS	26.89 ± 1.42	58.22 ± 0.39
	1250 °C	MW	24.23 ± 1.35	54.27 ± 4.05