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Preparation of dense β-CaSiO3 ceramic with high mechanical strength and HAp formation ability in simulated body fluid

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L.H. Longa, c, L.D. Chena, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, S.Q. Baia, J. Changb and K.L. Linb

aState Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China

bBiomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China

cGraduate School of Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200050, China


Received 29 October 2004; 
revised 1 March 2005; 
accepted 12 March 2005. 
Available online 31 May 2005.

Abstract

In present study, dense CaSiO3 (CS) ceramics have been fabricated through spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique using β-CS powder prepared by chemical precipitation method. The β-CS ceramic sintered at 950 °C has a relative density of about 95% and shows a fine microstructure with an average grain size of 0.6 μm, thus expresses good bending strength of about 294 MPa. The simulated body fluid (SBF) immersion tests show that the dense β-CS ceramic has a high hydroxyapatite (HAp) formation rate on its surface. The HAp layer formed on the CS ceramic surface has a granular structure consisting of silkworm-like HAp grains, and the thickness of HAp and Si-rich layer are 70 and 120 μm, respectively.

Keywords: Powders-chemical preparation; Grain size; Mechanical properties; Biomedical applications; Spark plasma sintering; Apatite; CaSiO3

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Experimental procedure
3. Results and discussions
3.1. CaSiO3 ceramics and their properties
3.2. SBF immersion tests
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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