Abstract
Magnesium- and carbonate-substituted calcium phosphate powders (Mg-, CO3-CaP) with various crystallinity levels were prepared at room temperature via a heterogeneous reaction between MgCO3/Ca(OH) 2 powders and an (NH4)2HPO4 solution using the mechanochemical-hydrothermal route. X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis were performed. It was determined that the powders containing both Mg2+ and CO 32- ions were incorporated uniformly into an amorphous calcium phosphate phase while in contrast, the as-prepared powder free of these dopants was crystalline phase-pure, stoichiometric hydroxyapatite. Dynamic light scattering revealed that the average particle size of the room temperature Mg-, CO3-CaP powders was in the range of 482nm-700nm with a specific surface area between 53 and 91m2/g. Scanning electron microscopy confirmed that the Mg-, CO3-CaP powders consisted of agglomerates of equiaxed, ≈20-35nm crystals.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 793-799 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
Volume | 177 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
Keywords
- Calcium phosphate
- Hydrothermal Synthesis
- Hydroxyapatite
- Magnesium
- Mechanochemical synthesis
- Nanoparticle