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On the microstructure of biocomposites sintered from Ti, HA and bioactive glass

  • C. Q. Ning*
  • , Y. Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Kentucky
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Sintering reactions and fine structures of the biocomposites prepared from powder mixtures of titanium (α-Ti), hydroxyapatite (HA) and bioactive glass (BG) (SiO2-CaO-P2O5-B2O 3-MgO-TiO2-CaF2) were investigated by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that complex reactions among the starting materials mainly depended on the initial Ti/HA ratios as well as the sintering temperatures. And the reaction could be expressed by the following illustrative equation: Ti+Ca10(PO 4)6(OH)2→CaTiO3+CaO+Ti xPy+(Ti2O)+(Ca4P2O 9)+H2O.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3379-3387
Number of pages9
JournalBiomaterials
Volume25
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biocomposites
  • Hydroxyapatite
  • Titanium
  • Transmission electron microscopy
  • X-ray diffraction

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