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The morphologic and microstructural development of natural fish bone through heat treatment is examined in view of fish-waste management and as a possible route for hydroxyapatite ceramics. Fish bone heated at temperatures <1300°C maintains a porous structure, with a sintered wall and a major crystalline phase of hydroxyapatite. Fish-originated ceramics are potentially useful as bioactive media as well as for environmentally compatible materials. P. Ducheyne-contributing editorManuscript No. 188335.

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