Studies on goat hydroxyapatite/commercial inert glass biocomposites

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Akyurt N., Yetmez M., Oktar F. N.

JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, vol.55, no.3, pp.697-702, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s41779-018-0279-z
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.697-702
  • Keywords: Biomaterials, Goat-derived hydroxyapatite, Glass, Sintering, Mechanical properties, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, COMPOSITES, BONE, CERAMICS, APATITE
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, mechanical properties and microstructural analysis of goat-derived hydroxyapatite/commercial inert glass biocomposites are considered in the temperature range between 1000 and 1300 degrees C. The results indicate that the best values of maximum compressive strength and microhardness are achieved in the samples sintered at 1200 degrees C for the glass in the weight of 5 and 10%. Moreover, above 1000 degrees C, decomposition of hydroxyapatite and new phase formations such as whitlockite and silicocarnotite play also a major role in the hardness and strength for goat hydroxyapatite/commercial inert glass biocomposites.