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Influence of P2O5 on Thermal Behavior and Bioactivity of Sol-Gel Glasses

WANG Chuan-Hui;1 LI He-Jun1; HUANG Feng-Ping1; YANG Quan-Zu2   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern Polytechnical University; Xi an 710072; China; 2. Department of Materials Engineering; University of British Columbia; Vancouver; BC; Canada V6T 1Z4
  • Received:2004-06-01 Revised:2004-09-29 Published:2005-07-20 Online:2005-07-20

Abstract: Two bioactive glasses in the system CaO-P2O5-SiO2 were prepared by sol-gel process, from tetraethylorthosilicate
(TEOS), triethylphosphate (TEP) and hydrated calcium nitrate (one with P2O5 and the other P2O5 free). Thermal behavior and reaction mechanism of
xerogels were analyzed by TG-DTA methods. The in~ vitro bioactivity of both glasses was assessed by soaking them in simulated body fluid. The results
reveal that the presence of P2O5 in the glass composition gives rise to the change of thermal behavior: the organic groups of triethyl phosphate are
decomposed in the temperature range 300--420℃ and the residual OH groups are removed at 570℃ or so. The crystal of hydroxyl carbonate
apatite formed on the surface of the glass containing P2O5 is larger and, relatively, the bioactivity is improved.

Key words: sol-gel glasses, P2O5, DTA, bioactivity

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