Titanium (Ti) and its alloys are widely used in medical applications due to its superior mechanical properties and biocompatibility. Hydroxyapatite (HA), due to its similarity with teeth and bone material, is also widely used in clinical applications and orthopaedic implant manufacture. In this study, composite powers containing titanium with different wt % of HA were coated on stainless steel substrate using high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) spray technique. These Ti+HA coatings were characterized using XRD technique to indentify phases present in the coating. Small amount of oxide phases were identified apart from the original Ti and HA in the coatings during XRD analysis. The microstructure analysis of the coating surface using FESEM and EDX revealed dense and homogeneous coatings along with few well distributed pores.
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