Porous Ti2AlN ceramic, which was measured to be 3.23g/cm3 about 74.9% of its theoretical value, was successfully synthesized and simultaneously consolidated from starting raw materials of Ti, Al, and TiN powders with a near-stoichiometric molar ratio of 1:1.03:1 by a microwave sintering method at 1200°C for 30min in an argon atmosphere. When sintered at 1200°C for 1h, the Ti2AlN grain showed a preferred growth behavior along the c-axis in the final ceramic, as shown by the results of an X-ray diffraction study. The Lotgering orientation factor on the surface of as-sintered Ti2AlN ceram...
