Spongiosa-like Specimen and Foils of a Biomaterial Composed of Fluorapatite and Calcium Zirconium Phosphate
| Periodical | Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 330 - 332) |
|---|---|
| Main Theme | Bioceramics 19 |
| Edited by | Xingdong Zhang, Xudong Li, Hongsong Fan, Xuanyong Liu |
| Pages | 443-446 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.330-332.443 |
| Citation | Ute Ploska et al., 2007, Key Engineering Materials, 330-332, 443 |
| Online since | February, 2007 |
| Authors | Ute Ploska, Georg Berger |
| Keywords | Apatite, Calcium Zirconium Phosphate, Foil, Spongiosa-Like Specimen |
| Price | US$ 28,- |
A long-term stable material, which has two main crystalline phases – fluorapatite (FA) and calcium zirconium phosphate (CZP) [1, 2] and could be processed to dense sintered samples was tested related to the use with two application forms – spongiosa-like specimen and foils. The suitability of various sintering additives was investigated alone and in diverse combinations. During sintering of the spongiosa-like samples volume shrinkage of about 50% was observed whereas the shrinkage in x,y plane was about twice of the shrinkage in z direction. The cuboid form was not affected by the shrinkage. The compression strength of the spongiosa-like materials was in the range of 1MPa up to 1.6MPa. A ceramic foil was generated via foil slip casting of a slip containing about 38vol% of FA-CZP. Temperature programs were created for debindering and sintering of the green foil and the four-fold laminate, respectively.
