Nano to micro size transition of hydroxyapatite in porcine bone during heat treatment with low heating rates
Angélica M. Castillo-Paz, Sandra M. Londoño‐Restrepo, L. Tirado-Mejı́a, M.A. Mondragón, Mario E. Rodríguez‐García
Abstract
This work focuses on the changes of raw hydroxyapatite obtained from porcine bones during heat treatment with heating rates of 2.5 and 5.0 °C/min between 600 °C and 1100 °C. High-Resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) images showed that raw hydroxyapatite was formed by high-ordered nanometric platelet crystals with a length of around 18 nm and width around 7 nm. High-Resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM) images evidenced the coalescence phenomena during heating giving. It was found that the growth of the crystals and the transition from nano to a micro-size occurred at around 700 °C. And the changes in the full width at half maximum (FWHM) for the characteristic (002) plane of the X-ray diffraction patterns and the FWHM of the characteristic Raman band at 960 cm-1 for ν1 PO43- exhibited the transition from nano to a micro size, that was confirmed by HR-SEM images and the thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. The porosity of the BIO-HAp changes from intra nanometric to intercrystalline.