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Preparation of Porous B-type Carbonate Apatite with Different Carbonate Contents for an Artificial Bone Substitute
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2014
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B-type carbonate apatite (B-CAp) powders were prepared by a wet method using Ca(OH)2 suspension and H3PO4 solution including NaHCO3 as a carbonate source, and porous B-CAp ceramics with two different amounts of carbonate contents were fabricated by sintering freeze-dried mixtures of the powders and gelatin composite. The porous B-CAp ceramics prepared had three-dimensionally interconnected pores. The sinterability of B-CAp ceramics was dependent on the chemical composition, especially sodium content and vacancy of OH site, and the carbonate contents did not directly influence the dissolution rate of porous B-CAp ceramics.
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