“…There are several powder metallurgy methods to synthesize the bulk Ti 2 AlN MAX phase, starting with the combination of Ti/Al (using N 2 atmosphere), Ti/AlN or Ti/Al/TiN as raw materials, including hot isostatic pressing (HIP) [ 12 , 13 ], self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ], mechanical alloying (MA) and hot pressing (HP) [ 18 ], SHS and HP [ 19 ], HP [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ], reaction sintering [ 24 , 25 ] and spark plasma sintering (SPS) [ 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Among them, the SPS demonstrates economic and technological advantages in the processing and formation of single phases, such as shorter soaking time, lower sintering temperatures, higher density and densification rate, improved mechanical properties, and refined grain sizes [ 31 ].…”