Abstract
A novel VIMOX (volume identical metal oxidation) route to near-net-shaped calcium hydroxyapatite, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, is demonstrated: the oxidation of machinable Ca-Ca2P2O7 precursors. Mechanically alloyed mixtures of Ca and β-Ca2P2O7 were compacted into disk- and bar-shaped preforms. The latter preforms could be machined into cylinders using a metalworking lathe (200 rpm, hardened steel tooling). After oxidation at 600 °C in O2, and then postoxidation annealing in H2O/O2 mixtures at 850 °C and 1150 °C, phase-pure hydroxyapatite was obtained. Because of offsetting volume changes from calcium oxidation and hydroxyapatite formation, porous hydroxyapatite bodies were produced that retained the shapes and dimensions (within 1%) of the machined precursors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 998-1000 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
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