TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrothermal Preparation of Granular Hydroxyapatite with Controlled Surface
AU - Ioku, Koji
AU - Toda, Manami
AU - Fujimori, Hirotaka
AU - Goto, Seishi
AU - Yoshimura, Masahiro
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - Microstructure designed hydroxyapatite granules from about 50 μm to 1 mm in size were prepared by hydrothermal vapor exposure method at temperatures from 105 °C to 250 °C under the saturated vapor pressure of pure water. As starting materials, powder of α-tricalcium phosphate, gelatin and a vegetable oil were used. The size of granules, the shape of particles in the granules, and the microporosity of about 0.1 μm in size of the granules were controlled. The granular hydroxyapatite prepared at 200 °C under the saturated vapor pressure of pure water for 20 h was composed of rod-shaped crystals of about 40 μm in length with mean aspect ratio of 50. Rod-shaped hydroxyapatite crystals were locked together to make micropores of about 0.1 μm in size. It was non-stoichiometric hydroxyapatite with calcium deficient composition. This granular hydroxyapatite should have the advantage of adsorptive activity, because it has large specific crystal surface and micropores.
AB - Microstructure designed hydroxyapatite granules from about 50 μm to 1 mm in size were prepared by hydrothermal vapor exposure method at temperatures from 105 °C to 250 °C under the saturated vapor pressure of pure water. As starting materials, powder of α-tricalcium phosphate, gelatin and a vegetable oil were used. The size of granules, the shape of particles in the granules, and the microporosity of about 0.1 μm in size of the granules were controlled. The granular hydroxyapatite prepared at 200 °C under the saturated vapor pressure of pure water for 20 h was composed of rod-shaped crystals of about 40 μm in length with mean aspect ratio of 50. Rod-shaped hydroxyapatite crystals were locked together to make micropores of about 0.1 μm in size. It was non-stoichiometric hydroxyapatite with calcium deficient composition. This granular hydroxyapatite should have the advantage of adsorptive activity, because it has large specific crystal surface and micropores.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0346885655
SN - 1013-9826
VL - 254-256
SP - 19
EP - 22
JO - Key Engineering Materials
JF - Key Engineering Materials
T2 - The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine
Y2 - 6 November 2003 through 9 November 2003
ER -