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• TITLE: Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite Powder by Eggshell

  AUTHORS: Himanshu Khandelwal, Satya Prakash

  KEYWORDS: Hydroxyapatite, Eggshell, Characterization, Bio-Materials, Stoichiometric Apatite

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol.4 No.2, March 11, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Hydroxyapatite (HA) having chemical formula Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, is the main chemical component of human bone tissue (70%). This is the reason why it has been widely engaged in the dental and non-load bearing implantations, to cope up with the bone response as a bioactive material. In this study HA powder was synthesized by wet chemical method, using phosphoric acid (H3PO4) and eggshells. The synthesized HA powder was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and Fourier transform (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The Thermos gravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA) was also carried out to evaluate the stability of the synthesized HA powder at higher temperatures. The results of the study indicate that sintered (at 900°C) HA powder resembles the feature of pure and single apatite phase having favourable Ca/P ratio ranging from 1.7 to 2.4.