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Bulk titanium for structural and biomedical applications obtaining by spark plasma sintering (SPS) from titanium hydride powder

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Titanium is a low density element with excellent mechanical properties, and is an attractive material for structural and biomedical applications. In recent years, a new process technology is emerging by which titanium and titanium alloys can be obtained by using titanium hydride (TiH2) as a precursor for Ti and its mixture with alloying elements. The feasibility of this manufacturing approach has been fully demonstrated from powder to sintering and from microstructure to mechanical properties. In this paper, a study concerning powder metallurgy processing of Ti by spark plasma sintering (SPS) route is presented. The influence of the technological parameters on the hardness and microstructures change during SPS has been studied. The experimental results are related to microscopic, thermal, and mechanical analysis.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge to the research groups of Material Science of University Carlos III of Madrid, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering and Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering for providing technical assistance on partial SEM microstructures.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, 107 Calea Bucuresti Street, 200512, Craiova, Romania

    Cristina Ileana Pascu & Oana Gingu

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza Street, 200585, Craiova, Romania

    P. Rotaru & Ana Harabor

  3. Faculty of Materials and Environment Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 Muncii Boulevard, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    I. Vida-Simiti

  4. National Institute of Technical Physics, Iasi, 47 Mangeron Boulevard, Iasi, Romania

    Nicoleta Lupu

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Pascu, C.I., Gingu, O., Rotaru, P. et al. Bulk titanium for structural and biomedical applications obtaining by spark plasma sintering (SPS) from titanium hydride powder. J Therm Anal Calorim 113, 849–857 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2824-2

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