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Preparation and Physicochemical Process of Nanosized Hydroxyapatite Powders with High Purity

SONG Yun-Jing1,2; WEN Shu-Lin1; LI Mu-Sen1; SU Qing-Cai1; JIANG Qing-Hui1   

  1. 1. College of Materials Science and Engineering; Shandong University; Jinan 250061; China; 2. Shandong Electricity Power Insititute; Jinan 250002; China
  • Received:2001-10-07 Revised:2001-12-06 Published:2002-09-20 Online:2002-09-20

Abstract: In this paper, nano-sized hydroxyapatite powders were prepared by a sol-gel method with Ca(NO3)2·4H2O and P2O5 ethanol solution as precursors. This process was simple without refluxing and the reactants were cheap compared
with other sol-gel methods. The morphology and the phase structure were studied by TEM, XRD, IR, and TG-DTA. The nano-sized HA powders with high quality were
prepared after the as-prepared powders were sintered at 500℃ for 2h. The results show that the mixture is composed of Ca (NO3)2, amorphous HA and
ester phosphate at 200, 300 and 400℃. The amount of HA increases while the amount of Ca(NO3)2 and ester phosphate decreases with the increase of
temperature. A small amount of β-Ca2P2O7 and CaO is present at 300 and 400℃. This process is simple and appropriate to produce nano-sized HA powders in large quantities.

Key words: nano-sized hydroxyapatite powders, sol-gel method, physicochemical process

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