TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Ca/P ratio on the mechanochemical preparation of carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite
AU - Tram, Nguyen Xuan Thanh
AU - Fauzi, A.
AU - Ishikawa, K.
AU - Minh, D. Q.
AU - Othman, R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Mechanochemical solid-state reactions to produce carbonate-subtituted hydroxyapatite powder (CHAp) using CaHPO4.2H2O and CaCO3 mixtures with different Ca/P ratios of 1.67, 1.85 and 2.00 were investigated. The resulting materials were tested by x-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray fluoroscence (XRF), CHN elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Results showed that all the solid-state reactions for CHAp were almost completed within 15 to 24 hours of mechanical alloying at 400rpm with a ball to powder weight ratio equal to 10:1. Increasing milling time improved the formation of apatite phase due to higher impact energy transference to the compounds accelerating the kinetic of the phase transformation. The synthesized powders were preferentially CHA p of the B type in the form of agglomerates containing 6.45 - 13.35 wt% of carbonate ions in the lattice. Consequently, dry milling process proved to be advantageous since a liquid medium is not necessary in the preparation of pure CHAp and the powder obtained is nanocrystalline with crystallite size less than 50nm.
AB - Mechanochemical solid-state reactions to produce carbonate-subtituted hydroxyapatite powder (CHAp) using CaHPO4.2H2O and CaCO3 mixtures with different Ca/P ratios of 1.67, 1.85 and 2.00 were investigated. The resulting materials were tested by x-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray fluoroscence (XRF), CHN elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Results showed that all the solid-state reactions for CHAp were almost completed within 15 to 24 hours of mechanical alloying at 400rpm with a ball to powder weight ratio equal to 10:1. Increasing milling time improved the formation of apatite phase due to higher impact energy transference to the compounds accelerating the kinetic of the phase transformation. The synthesized powders were preferentially CHA p of the B type in the form of agglomerates containing 6.45 - 13.35 wt% of carbonate ions in the lattice. Consequently, dry milling process proved to be advantageous since a liquid medium is not necessary in the preparation of pure CHAp and the powder obtained is nanocrystalline with crystallite size less than 50nm.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952123255
VL - 6
SP - 143
EP - 148
JO - Malaysian Journal of Microscopy
JF - Malaysian Journal of Microscopy
SN - 1823-7010
IS - 1
ER -