XANES analysis of calcium and sodium phosphates and silicates and hydroxyapatite-Bioglass®45S5 co-sintered bioceramics

Using P L2,3-edge it is clearly shown that there is no evidence of sodium phosphate present in the sintered bioceramic compositions. In the P K-edge spectra, the post-edge shoulder peak at around 2155 eV indicates that this shoulder to be more defined for calcium phosphate compounds with decreasing solubility and increasing thermodynamic stability. This shoulder peak is more noticeable in hydroxyapatite and β-TCP indicating greater stability of the phosphate phase. The only spectra that does not show a noticeable peak is the composition with Na3Ca6(PO4)5 in a silicate matrix indicating that it is more soluble compared to the other compositions.