Preparation and characterization of nano-sized hydroxyapatite powders produced in a radio frequency (rf) thermal plasma

• Main Authors: Gu, Y. W., Kumar, R., Cheang, P., Xu, Jinling, Khor, Khiam Aik, Dong, Zhili
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95567; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8300
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Nano-sized hydroxyapatite (HA) powders were successfully produced in radio frequency (rf) induction plasma. Fine spray dried (SD) HA powders (average size ∼15 μm) were employed as feedstock. The microstructure, phase composition and thermal stability of SDHA feedstock and the nano-sized HA powders w...