Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Open porous copper metals, which have high strength, high open porosity and well controlled pore size distribution, were produced by a hot isostatic press (HIP) process. They were sintered at different temperatures from 973 to 1273K under various HIPping pressures up to 200MPa. Pore size distribution and Young's modulus of the sintered samples were analyzed. The HIPped products have greater strength and higher open porosity than those of the normally sintered ones. The internal structural parameters such as pore size distribution were controlled by changing the HIPping pressure.