Bolzoni, LeandroGarcía Esteban, PabloRuiz Navas, Elisa MaríaGordo Odériz, Elena2013-06-252013-06-252012-11Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Nov. 2012, v. 15, pp. 33-45.1751-6161https://hdl.handle.net/10016/17214The fabrication of the workhorse Ti-6Al-4V alloy and of the Ti-3Al-2.5V alloy was studied considering the master alloy addition variant of the blending elemental approach conventionally used for titanium powder metallurgy. The powders were characterised by means thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction and shaped by means of uniaxial pressing. The microstructural evolution with the sintering temperature (900-1400 degrees C) was evaluated by SEM and EDS was used to study the composition. XRD patterns as well as the density by Archimedes method were also obtained. The results indicate that master alloy addition is a suitable way to fabricate well developed titanium alloy but also to produce alloy with the desired composition, not available commercially. Density of 4.3 g/cm(3) can be obtained where a temperature higher than 1200 degrees C is needed for the complete diffusion of the alloying elements. Flexural properties comparable to those specified for wrought Ti-6Al-4V medical devices are, generally, obtained.application/pdfeng© ElsevierTi 3Al 2.5VTi 6Al 4VTitanium P/MBlending elemental (BE)Master alloyFlexural propertiesresearch articleIngeniería IndustrialMaterialesQuímica10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.05.019open access3345Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials15AR/0000011863