CERAMICS - SILIKATY, cilt.67, sa.4, ss.427-445, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
A hydroxyapatite-1 wt. % magnesium oxide (HA-1M) composite with and without a silicon oxide (SiO2) additive at amounts of
0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 wt. % was sintered between 1100 and 1300 °C to investigate the effect of the SiO2 additive on the sintering
behaviour, mechanical properties and in vitro bioactivity of HA-1M. The HA-1M composite consists of HA, whitlockite and
farringtonite. In the SiO2 added samples, the phases of akermanite, clinopyroxene, merwinite, melilite and diopside were
detected. These phases contributed to achieving better mechanical properties in the SiO2 added samples than that of the
HA-1M composite. The highest fracture toughness (1.47 ± 0.04 MPa∙m1/2) and compression strength (183 ± 25.09 MPa)
were achieved by sintering the HA-1M composite at 1200 °C. In the SiO2 added samples, the highest compression strength
and fracture toughness were calculated as 201.53 ± 18.01 MPa and 1.78 ± 0.22 MPa∙m1/2, respectively, which belongs to the
HA-1M-0.5SiO2 composite. With the addition of SiO2 at an amount of 0.5 wt. %, the ratio of the apatite layer formed on the
surface of the HA-1M composite increased.