Porous hydroxyapatite ceramics fabricated by an ice-templating method

K Zhou, Y Zhang, D Zhang, X Zhang, Z Li, Gang Liu, Timothy Button

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Abstract

Porous hydroxyapatite (HA) ceramics with lamellar structures have been fabricated by an ice-templating process using as-synthesized and commercial HA powders. The viscosities of the suspensions prepared using the as-synthesized powders were 9-11 times higher than those of the suspensions prepared using the commercial powders. Finer particle size resulted in larger lamellar pore width and a thinner porous ceramic wall, while a much denser ceramic wall, as well as lower porosity and higher compressive strength, was obtained with the commercial powder. (C) 2010 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)426-429
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume64
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2011

Keywords

  • Hydroxyapatite
  • Directional solidification
  • Porous
  • Ice-templating

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