Thick Hydroxyapatite Coating on Ti-6Al-4V through Sol-Gel Method

Abstract:

Hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂) powder along with other additives such as P₂O₅, Na₂Co₃ and KH₂PO₄ are used for biocompatible coating of Ti-6Al-4V through sol-gel method. An in-house dip coating machine was developed to control dipping and withdrawal rates of the substrate. After passivating of the samples in nitric acid, coating of HA gel was performed followed by sintering in a vacuum furnace. Characterization of the coating layer was evaluated by the XRD and SEM. Imagej software was used for analysis of the data. It was found that increasing the sintering temperature decreases the pore size, resulting in a denser structure of hydroxyapatite and decrease in surface roughness of the coating. High sintering temperatures produced cracked surface of HA due to the α to β transition temperature of Ti and its alloys. HA with coating thickness of about 100 µm free cracks was obtained for sintering temperatures lower than 800 °C.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 341-342)
• Pages: 48-52
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.341-342.48
• Online since: September 2011
• Authors: Sajjad Jafari, Mohammad Mahdi Taheri, Jamaliah Idris
• Keywords: Dip-Coating, Hydroxyapatite (HAP), Porosity, Ti6Al4V

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