Mechanical properties of porous metastable beta Ti-Nb-Zr alloys for biomedical applications Braïlovski, V.; Prokoshkin, S.; Gauthier, M.; Inaekyan, K.; Dubinskiy, S. melting. The obtained ingots were divided into two batches: the first subjected to cold rolling (CR) from 30 to 85% of thickness reduction, and subsequent annealing in the 450 to 600°C temperature range (1h). Regardless of the CR intensity, Ti-Nb-Zr samples subjected to 600°C annealing showed the highest fatigue resistance during roomtemperature cumulative cycling due to the stress-induced martensitic transformation occurring in the polygonized dislocation substructure (average subgrain size ∼ 100 nm). The second batch was atomized to produce 100-micronsize powders in order to manufacture open-cell porous material (cell size vary from 136 to 561 microns) of 46% porosity by means of powder metallurgy using a polymer-based foaming process. Tensile, compression and bending testing were performed at RT on foam samples annealed at 450 to 600°C (1h). Results indicated that Young's modulus of Ti-Nb-Zr foams significantly decreases as compared to the as-sintered material: when annealing temperature increases from 450 to 600°C, Young's modulus decreases from 10±2 GPa to 6±1 GPa. Under the same testing conditions, Ti-CP foams produced by the same technology and having similar porosity remain fairly insensible to post-sintering annealing.