Microstructural Development of Natural Hydroxyapatite Originated from Fish-Bone Waste through Heat Treatment |
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Authors: | Masakuni Ozawa Suguru Suzuki |
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Affiliation: | Ceramics Research Laboratory, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Tajimi, Gifu 507–0071, Japan |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | hydroxyapatite microstructure phosphates |
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