RT Journal Article T1 Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy produced by vacuum hot-pressing A1 Bolzoni, Leandro A1 Montealegre Meléndez, I A1 Ruiz Navas, Elisa María A1 Gordo Odériz, Elena AB In this work, the properties of the titanium industry workhorse, the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, processed by vacuum hot-pressing are studied. More in detail, relative density, microstructure characterisation and chemical analysis, precisely oxygen, nitrogen and carbon content, as well as flexural properties and hardness are considered. Components with relative density as high as 98% and mechanical properties similar to the wrought alloy, where these properties are affected by the formation of a reacted layer due to the interaction between titanium and the boron nitride (BN) coating, are obtained. PB Elsevier SN 0921-5093 YR 2012 FD 2012-06 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/20559 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/20559 LA eng NO The authors are thankful for the financial support from theSpanish Ministry of Education through the R&D Projects MAT2009-14448-C02-02 and MAT2009-14547-C02-02 as well as from theComunidad de Madrid through the ESTRUMAT (S-2009/MAT-1585)project. DS e-Archivo RD 20 may. 2024