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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Four commercial hydroxyapatites (both natural and synthetic) were tested to assess transformations of the chemical and crystalline structure following variation of temperature from 20 to 1600 degrees C. The thermal behaviour of hydroxyapatite is relevant for biomedical applications such as plasma spraying of metallic implants. Thermogravimetric analysis showed a weight loss from each hydroxyapatite specimen, due to a release of structural H2O molecules; all the specimens up to 1300 degrees C were made of crystalline hydroxyapatite, determined by X-ray diffraction; at 1470 degrees C they were made of both hydroxyapatite and calcium phosphate, but at 1570 degrees C of calcium phosphate exclusively. The diffractograms of the hydroxyapatite coatings showed the same peaks as the original powders, so at the chosen plasma-spray procedure level no new phases were formed. The peak height was nevertheless lower in the plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatites for all interplanar spacing values, which indicated a lower degree of crystallinity, associated with a random structure derived from an alteration to the original crystalline network.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0142-9612
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
437-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Thermal behaviour of hydroxyapatite intended for medical applications.
pubmed:affiliation
Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro, Murano, Venezia, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't