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. 2017 Dec 22;11(1):13. doi: 10.3390/ma11010013

Table 4.

Mercury Porosimetry parameters for the scaffolds (n = 3).

Material BG β-TCP 50/50 70/30
Total cumulative volume (mm³/g) 232.50 319.62 788.18 713.91
Total specific surface area (m²/g) 0.09 0.06 1.08 1.19
Average pore radius (µm) 5.84 11.99 10.57 9.58
Total porosity (%) 46.99 63.73 74.12 71.29
Bulk density (g/cm³) 2.02 1.99 0.94 0.99
Apparent density (g/cm³) 3.81 5.49 3.63 3.48
Sample volume correction 0.98 none 0.95 0.95