Published December 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Evaluation of growth of calcium phosphate ceramics on sintered Ti-Ca-P composites

  • 1. Centre for Nano Materials, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Balapur P.O, Hyderabad - 500 005, Andhra Pradesh (India)
  • 2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai - 400 076, Maharashtra (India)

Description

Sintered Ti-Ca-P composites having in situ formed calcium phosphate phases developed by powder metallurgy processing were soaked for 28 days in simulated body fluid (SBF) with a pH of 7.4 at 37 deg. C and evaluated for the growth of calcium phosphate ceramics onto its surface. The composites were taken out once every 7 days and characterised using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for evaluating the Ca-P growth. Based on the change in chemistry of the SBF and phase contents, a model has been proposed for mechanism of growth of calcium phosphate compounds on sintered Ti-Ca-P composites immersed in SBF

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2008.03.011

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.msec.2008.03.011;
PII
S0928-4931(08)00055-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Science and Engineering. C, Biomimetic Materials, Sensors and Systems
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1401-1407
ISSN
0928-4931

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