Important features of biocements include easy molding and good wettability, hydration, and setting time during its application in biological tissue. Interest in calcium phosphate biocements is directly related to its characteristics of bioactivity, biocompatibility, and crystallographic similarity to bone apatite. This experimental study aimed to understand hydration behavior of calcium phosphate biocements with microstructure and nanostructure, with molar ratios Ca/P = 1.5; 1.6; 1.67; and 1.7 and hydration times of 5 and 30 min. The hydration tests were performed on the same solid/liquid ratio for the four Ca/P compositions. The morphology was observed via scanning electron microscopy and phases were identified with help from X-ray diffraction. The biocements showed similar effects of hydration and gelling for the periods of 5 and 30 min. The results show that these biocements can offer favorable wettability, hydration, and easy molding during the surgical procedure, which could be an innovation in implant fixation and bone tissue repair. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 105B: 820-827, 2017.
Calcium phosphate bioceramics obtained from raw materials are potential bone substitutes in orthopedic and dental applications. Calcium phosphates attained from calcareous shells using wet methods provide an interconnected microporous framework, shown to be promising and contribute to cell adhesion and proliferation. This study aimed to characterize three different calcium phosphate ratio compositions: (i)1.4, (ii)1.6 and (iii)1.7 molar, sintered for 2 hours at 1100°C and 1200°C. Scanning electron microscopy field effect [FEG] and confocal were used to assess microstructural characterization and Arthur method to determine open porosity. FEG and confocal analyses showed good grain coalescence, sinterability and well defined interfaces for all Ca/P molar at 1100°C and 1200°C. Open porosity and hydrostatic density exhibit better results when using Ca/P molar ratio (iii)1.7 at 1100°C. The results showed that open porosity is related to Ca/P ratio and by temperature. As the Ca/P increases so does the open porosity. Inversely occurs for temperature. As the temperature increases the porosity decreases and in parallel, the grain size increases.
Failures, infections, tumors are some bone defects causes. To repair these defects, studies show calcium phosphate bioceramics, which have been chemical and crystallographic similarity with the human bone and are biocompatible, favoring the interaction of these with vivo organisms, for bone repair. These biomaterials can be obtained from different synthesis methods. The powders, in this study, were obtained by wet method, using alternative raw material calcium carbonate from fossilized calcareous shells. The present paper aimed to elaborate and characterize different calcium phosphate ratio compositions: (i)1.4; (ii)1.6 and (iii)1.7 molar, sintered for 2 hours at 1100°C and 1200°C, further these powders were compressed in forms of cylinders. The characterization was realized by X-Ray Fluorescence (XFR), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The chemical and physical results shown small variations according to the Ca/P molar ratio and temperature increases.
The calcium phosphate bioceramics are characterized by chemical and crystallographic similarity with the human skeleton. The wet synthesis method was used in the preparation of hydrated calcium phosphate nanostructured powders and biphasic compositions of calcium phosphate matrix. This study aimed the synthesis and characterization of a hydrated calcium phosphate matrix in the ratio Ca/P 1.67 molar and two biphasic compositions of hydrated calcium phosphate matrix, with 1% MgO and 5% α-Al2O3. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) helped with the powders morphological characterization, X-ray diffractometry (XRD) served for crystallographic characterization of powders and Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) gave support to the identification of H2O, CO32- and PO43- grouping vibrational bands. The work showed that the presence of 1% MgO inside the hydrated calcium phosphate matrix provided brushite formation and the presence of 5% α-Al2O3 in the matrix provided the hydrated calcium phosphate powder.
Calcium phosphates bioceramics are a broad class of biomaterials, known by properties like biocompatibility and bioactivity in living tissues. The aim of this paper was the synthesis by wet method and characterization of nanostructured calcium phosphate powders in the Ca/P ratio of 1.67molar and rheological evaluation of the colloidal suspension during the synthesis: suspension viscosity with variable shear rate. Morphological characterization was performed for the hydrated nanostructured calcium phosphate powder by scanning electron microscopy with field effect, crystallography by X-Ray diffractometry, chemical characterization by Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy. The results demonstrated that varying the shear rate has a direct influence on the viscosity values according to time. This result may contribute to the development of a synthesis methodology for nanostructured calcium phosphate powders.
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