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The preparation route utilized powder mixing and sintering processing, which could be divided into three steps: slurry preparation, low-temperature foaming, and high-temperature sintering. The morphological characteristics of the pore structures revealed that the porous zinc had an interconnected open-cell structure. Compared to the porous zinc prepared with EWP or BBCP, the porous zinc prepared with FBCP possessed the largest average pore size and the highest compressive properties. The porosity of the porous zinc increased with the stirring time, the content of protein and sucrose, and higher sintering temperatures. Moreover, a compression test and immersion test were performed to investigate the stress\u2013strain behavior and corrosion properties of the resulting porous zinc. A fluctuated stress plateau could be found due to the brittle fracture of the porous cells. The porous zinc prepared with FBCP showed the highest compressive strength and elastic modulus. The corrosion rate of the porous zinc obtained through an immersion test in vitro using simulated bodily fluids on the thirty-second day was close to 0.02 mm\/year. 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