Preparation of magnesium-substituted hydroxyapatite powders by the mechanochemical-hydrothermal method

Wojciech L. Suchanek, Kullaiah Byrappa, Pavel Shuk, Richard E. Riman, Victor F. Janas, Kevor S. Tenhuisen

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Abstract

Magnesium-substituted hydroxyapatite (Mg-HAp) powders with different crystallinity levels were prepared at room temperature via a heterogeneous reaction between Mg(OH)2/Ca(OH)2 powders and an (NH 4)2HPO4 solution using the mechanochemical- hydrothermal route. The as-prepared products contained unreacted Mg(OH) 2 and therefore had to undergo purification in ammonium citrate aqueous solutions at room temperature. X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric and chemical analyses were performed and it was determined that the purified powders were phase-pure Mg-HAp containing 0.24-28.4wt% of Mg. The concentration of Mg was slightly lower near the surface than in the bulk of the HAp crystals as indicated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Dynamic light scattering revealed that the median particle size of the room temperature Mg-HAp powders was in the range of 102nm-1.2μm with a specific surface area between 91 and 269m2/g. Scanning electron microscopy confirmed that the Mg-HAp powders consisted of submicron agglomerates of nanosized crystals, less than ≈20nm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4647-4657
Number of pages11
JournalBiomaterials
Volume25
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Bioengineering
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Biomaterials
  • Mechanics of Materials

Keywords

  • Crystallinity
  • Hydrothermal synthesis
  • Hydroxyapatite
  • Magnesium
  • Mechanochemical synthesis
  • Nanoparticle

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