RT Journal Article T1 Mechanical behaviour of pressed and sintered titanium alloys obtained from prealloyed and blended elemental powders A1 Bolzoni, Leandro A1 García Esteban, Pablo A1 Ruiz Navas, Elisa María A1 Gordo Odériz, Elena AB The applicability of irregular prealloyed Ti-6Al-4V powder for the fabrication of titanium products by pressing and sintering and its employment as a master alloy to obtain the Ti-3Al-2.5V alloy was studied. To this end, the starting powders were characterised by dilatometry, differential thermal analysis and XRD. Green samples were obtained by cold uniaxial pressing, and the evolution of the microstructure over the sintering temperature range 900-1400 °C was studied. The variation of the final density and mechanical properties with the sintering temperature was considered. Based on the study carried out, it can be stated that more reliable powders are needed to open the titanium market to new applications. A relative density of 95% and diverse microstructural features and mechanical properties equivalent to those of biomedical devices can be obtained by the pressing and sintering route. PB Elsevier SN 1751-6161 YR 2012 FD 2012-10 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/17211 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/17211 LA eng NO The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Science through the R&D Projects MAT2009-14448-C02-02 and MAT2009-14547-C02–02,and the Regional Government of Madrid through the ESTRUMAT (S2009/MAT-1585) project DS e-Archivo RD 1 sept. 2024