Table 1.

Carbon content of elemental powder mixture, final powder mixture and sintered porous Al with various PMMA contents. Data are presented in mean ± standard deviation.

Specimen	Carbon Content (wt %)
Elemental powder mixture(Al-Mg-Sn)	0.22 ± 0.52
Final powder mixture with 20 wt % PMMA	11.29 ± 0.52
Final powder mixture with 25 wt % PMMA	12.17 ± 0.43
Final powder mixture with 30 wt % PMMA	13.03 ± 0.61
Sintered porous Al with 20 wt % PMMA	3.87 ± 0.54
Sintered porous Al with 25 wt % PMMA	0.41 ± 0.15
Sintered porous Al with 30 wt % PMMA	0.43 ± 0.16