Development of translucent oxyapatite ceramics by spark plasma sintering

• Main Authors: Shen, Yiqiang, Xu, Jinling, Tang, Dingyuan, Khor, Khiam Aik, Dong, Zhili, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Plasma treatment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95883; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9475
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The pure Sr2Y8(SiO4)6O2 oxyapatite powder materials have been ball milled and spark-plasma sintered. The microstructures and transmittances in the completely and incompletely densified ceramics were investigated. The ceramic sintered at 1500°C is translucent with 0.7% porosity and its total forward...