Full Record for Micrograph 117
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- Micrograph no
- 117
- Brief description
- Sintered disc of Hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2), a calcium phosphate ceramic with similar composition to natural bone mineral
- Keywords
- bone , calcium phosphate, ceramic , hydroxyapatite
- Categories
- Ceramic
- System
- Hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2)
- Composition
- Not specified
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Produced by Aqueous reaction of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub> and orthosphoric acid (H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>)
- Processing
- Uniaxial Pressed at 5 metric tons in a 32 mm die press
- Applications
- Hydroxyapatite is used as a bone graft material, and also for plasma sprayed coatings on total hip replacements
- Sample preparation
- Sputter coated in gold
- Technique
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Length bar
- 18 μm
- Further information
- Contributor
- V A Mellon
- Organisation
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- Date
- 03/12/01
- Licence for re-use
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International