Author(s)

Muhammad Musaddique Ali Rafique^1,2

¹Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
²Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a synthetic ceramic which is used in numerous biomedical applications. However, its use is restricted in load bearing applications. A novel batch hydrothermal method is indigenously developed to synthesize fine size, crystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) and titania doped hydroxyapatite (TiO₂-HA) powders with distinct phase formation. Powders were characterized using XRD, FTIR and DSC-TGA. Sharp peaks in HA XRD pattern after sintering at 1000°C indicate significant crystallinity while sharp peaks in TiO₂ XRD pattern at 27°, 36° and 5° after sintering indicate anatase to rutile transformation. This fact is also confirmed by FTIR and DSC-TGA Plots.

Hydrothermal, Hydroxyapatite, XRD, FTIR, DSC-TGA

Rafique, M. (2018) Hydrothermal Processing of Phase Pure and Doped Hydroxyapatite and its Characterization. Journal of Encapsulation and Adsorption Sciences, 8, 18-37. doi: 10.4236/jeas.2018.81002.