Combustion Synthesis Porous Nitinol for Biomedical Applications

Table 3

Wicking characteristics of porous material after a 10-minute immersion.

Specimen	Porosity	Open Porosity	Percent Volume Wicked
porous Nitinol	66.7%	90.0%	91.2%
Sintered Porous Ti	61.8%	88.2%	23.6%
PVD Porous Ta	67.2%	80.4%	0.9%