The synthesis of porous W by freeze-casting and vacuum drying is investigated. Ball-milled WO3 powders and tert-butyl alcohol were used as the starting materials. The tert-butyl alcohol slurry is frozen at –25oC and dried under vacuum at –25 and –10oC. The dried bodies are hydrogen-reduced at 800oC and sintered at 1000oC. The XRD analysis shows that WO3 is completely reduced to W without any reaction phases. SEM observations reveal that the struts and pores aligned in the tert-butyl alcohol growth direction, and the change in the powder content and drying temperature affects the pore structure. Furthermore, the struts of the porous body fabricated under vacuum are thinner than those fabricated under atmospheric pressure. This behavior is explained by the growth mechanism of tert-butyl alcohol and rearrangement of the powders during solidification. These results suggest that the pore structure of a porous body can be controlled by the powder content, drying temperature, and pressure.

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• 허연지(서울과학기술대학교 신소재공학과) | Youn Ji Heo (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea)
• 이의선(서울과학기술대학교 신소재공학과) | Eui Seon Lee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea)
• 오승탁(서울과학기술대학교 신소재공학과) | Sung-Tag Oh (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea)
• 정영근(부산대학교 융합학부) | Young-Keun Jeong (Graduate School of Convergence Science, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea) Corresponding author