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The conditions of synthesis of a nickel titanium based biocomposite materia
l with hydroxyapatite added to the initial Ni-Ti powder mixture were studie
d. The material was obtained by a method based on the combination of laser-
controlled selective sintering and self-propagating high-temperature synthe
sis. The data of X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy indicate that th
e high-rate laser heating induces the interaction of hydroxyapatite with ni
ckel titanium, which results in the formation of additional intermetallic p
hases (NiTi2 , Ni3Ti). (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka / Interperiodica".