Paper Title:

Preparation of β-Calcium Metaphosphate (β-CMP) Whiskers

Periodical Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 330 - 332)
Main Theme Bioceramics 19
Edited by Xingdong Zhang, Xudong Li, Hongsong Fan, Xuanyong Liu
Pages 15-18
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.330-332.15
Citation Li Liao et al., 2007, Key Engineering Materials, 330-332, 15
Online since February, 2007
Authors Li Liao, Lin Chen, Ai Zheng Chen, Xi Ming Pu, Yun Qing Kang, Guang Fu Yin
Keywords Calcium Metaphosphate, Crystallization, Whisker
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Abstract

To increase the mechanical properties of PLA used for fracture inner fixation, β-calcium metaphosphate whiskers were prepared by controlled crystallization in the glass. The factors influencing the morphology of the samples, such as component, time and temperature of crystallization were discussed. Results showed that the high quality of β-calcium metaphosphate whiskers can be obtained by crystallization treating for 36 hours and washing for 48 hours at 80℃ distilled water. β-calcium metaphosphate whiskers having high aspect ratios of 20-100 with diameters of 1-5μm were achieved at the optimized conditions.