The evolution of sinterability, microstructure and mechanical properties for the spark plasma sintered(SPS) Ti from commercial pure titanium(CP-Ti) was studied. The densification of titanium with 200 mesh and 400 mesh pass powder was achieved by SPS at under 10 MPa pressure and the flowing +Ar mixed gas atmosphere. The microstructure of Ti sintered up to consisted of equiaxed grains. In contrast, the growth of large elongated grains was shown in sintered bodies at with the 400 mesh pass powder and the lamella grains microstructure had been developed by increasing sintering temperature. The Vickers hardness of 240~270 HV and biaxial strength of 320~340 MPa were found for the specimen prepared at .

Chemically pure, hydride/dehydride titanium powders were cold pre-compacted then extruded at and under argon. The extrusions were 100% dense with a narrow band of surface porosity and equiaxed microstructure of similar magnitude to the starting material. The tensile properties of the bars were better than conventionally extruded CP titanium bar product. Outcomes from this study have assisted in the identification of a number of key characteristics important to the extrusion of titanium from pre-compacted CP titanium powders, allowing the elimination of canning and hot isostatic pressing (HIPping) of billets prior to extrusion as per conventional PM processes.

In present work, manufacturing technologies of titanium hydride powder were studied for recycling of titanium tuning chip and for this, attrition ball milling was carried out under H2 pressure of 0.5 MPa. Ti chips were completely transformed into TiH2 within several hundred seconds. Dehydrogenation process TiH2 powders is consist of two reactions: one is reaction of TiH2 to TiHx and the other decomposition of TiHx to Ti and H2. The former reaction shows relatively low activation energy and it is suggested that the reaction is caused by introduction of defects due to milling.

The sintering behavior of titanium-titanium nitride nanocomposite powders has been studied by dilatometry. Titanium. titanium nitride nanocomposite powders were produced by the reactive milling of micron sized titanium powder in nitrogen atmosphere. The Ti-TiN nanocomposite powders milled for various durations along with the initial micron sized Ti powders were then sintered in the temperature range of by a constant rate of heating . The linear shrinkage, shrinkage rate, activation energy for sintering and microstructure has been studied and discussed as a function of milling time.

스폰지 티타늄으로부터 수산호-탈수소화법(HDH)법으로 제조된 부말에 고상탈산법(DOSS)을 적용시켜 만든 산소 농도 범위 1980~8450 ppm, 입경 25μm 내외의 불규칙 티타늄 분말의 성형 및 소결성을 조사하였다. 250MPa의 가압력으로 냉간압축성형한 결과, 성형밀도는 69.0%~62.3% 범위 내에 있었고 산호함량 증가에 따라 직선 또는 완만하게 감소하였다. 이러한 경향은 티타늄 분말의 경도변화로 설명할 수 있었다. 최고 7%까지의 차이를 보였던 성형밀도에도 불구하고 1100˚C에서 2시간동안 소결한 결과, 산소함량에 무관하게 소결밀도는 90.5±0.5%를 보였으며, 결정립의 크기는60μm 내외의 균일하였고, 가공크기 및 분포도 유사하였다. 소결체의 경도에 미치는 산소의 영향은 실험범위 내에서 VHN(sintered)=135.5+64.3×(wt%O2)의 실험식을 얻었다. 소결체의 파단면 관찰한 결과, 연성에서 취성파괴로의 천이는 소결체에의 산소함량이 2987~5582ppm 사이에서 일어나는 것으로 나타났다.