Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Powder and Its Thermal Stability

CAI Shu1; YAO Kang-De2; LI Hong-Xiang1   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of State Education Ministry for High Temperature Structural Ceramics and Machining Technology of Engineering Ceramics; 2.Research Institute of Polymeric Materials; Tianjin University; Tianjin 300072; China
  • Received:2002-06-07 Revised:2002-08-30 Published:2003-07-20 Online:2003-07-20

Abstract: The role of gelatin was examined with the main focus on its induction ability of hydroxyapatite (HA) nucleation in a modified aqueous solution with gelatin.
The results show that when the addition of gelatin is in the range of 1wt%~3wt%, HA crystal is formed with a perfect crystalline. However, no HA nucleation occurrs
when gelatin content reaches 4wt% because of the steric effect. When the dried powder with 4wt% gelatin addition calcined at 900℃, the average size
of HA is about 40nm which is smaller than those of synthesized particles without gelatin addition. However, this powder is easier to decompose to β-TCP when
sintered at 1000℃, and the resultant β-TCP possesses a significant thermal stability up to 1500℃.

Key words: hydroxyapatite, gelatin, nucleation, thermal stability

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