Influence of process conditions on hydroxyapatite crystallinity obtained by direct crystallization

Autor: Marcelo Martins Seckler, Marco Giulietti, José Vicente Valarelli, R. Rodríguez-Clemente, Silas Derenzo, M. Danese
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Materials Research, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 59-62 (1999)
Materials Research, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 59-62, Published: APR 1999
Materials Research v.2 n.2 1999
Materials research (São Carlos. Online)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)
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Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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ISSN: 1516-1439
Popis: Crystallization from solutions was applied to produce stoichiometric and crystalline hydroxyapatite (HAP) suitable for use as a biomaterial. This was accomplished by keeping a low supersaturation through the following procedure: semi-continuous operating mode, slow reactant addition rate and addition of a calcium complexing agent. A high temperature (90 °C) and probably carbonate incorporation also favored the formation of a well crystallized material. A qualitative correlation was found between the supersaturation and HAP properties such as crystallinity and particle size
Near-stoichiometric and well crystallized hydroxyapatite was obtained by means of a semi-continuous procedure. Changes in crystallinity and particle size due to varying reagent addition rate, base concentration and pH were consistent with the corresponding changes in the su- Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos do Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia, Brazil - and CYTED - Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarollo, proj. VIII.6, Spain - for the financial support.
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