The mechanical properties of a porous ceramic derived from a 30 nm sized particle based powder of hydroxyapatite for potential hard tissue engineering applications

Poinern, G.E.J., Brundavanam, R.K., Le, X. and Fawcett, D. (2012) The mechanical properties of a porous ceramic derived from a 30 nm sized particle based powder of hydroxyapatite for potential hard tissue engineering applications. American Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2 (6). pp. 278-286.

Abstract

In this paper, synthesised nanometre sized hydroxyapatite (nano-HAP) powders composed of spherical 30 ± 5 nm particles were compacted and sintered at temperatures ranging from 650 to 1250℃ to form ceramics of varying porosity and mechanical strength. The size, crystalline structure and morphology of both the synthesised nano-HAP particle powders and the compacted and sintered ceramics were investigated using both X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). Further characterisation techniques such as Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) particle surface area, porosity, bulk density, Vickers hardness and yield strength at various sintering temperatures were tested on sintered pellets and evaluated.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	School of Engineering and Energy
Publisher:	Scientific & Academic Publishing
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/17574

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