Evaluation of the biomedical properties of hydroxyapatite obtained from bone waste
Abstract
The method of obtaining hydroxyapatite by thermal treatment of deproteinised and defatted bone pulp called bone sludge was presented. The products of the calcining process were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The calcium content was determined with titration, whereas the contents of total phosphorus - with a spectrophotomertric method. X-ray investigations confirmed that hydroxyapatite was the main component of the calcining products in the calcining process. The FT-IR spectra confirmed that all organic substances were removed during the calcining process. On the basis of the research into physiological liquids the propensity to resorption of hydroxyapatite bioceramic was evaluated.
© 2009 Agnieszka Sobczak, Anna Kida, Zygmunt Kowalski, Zbigniew Wzorek, published by West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
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