Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1522664 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The mechanical properties of the tricalcium phosphate sintered between 1100 °C and 1450 °C for 1 h with different percentages of fluorapatite (13.26 wt%; 19.9 wt%; 26.52 wt%; 33.16 wt% and 40 wt%) have been characterized and evaluated using the ultrasound techniques. Young's modulus and the shear modulus were calculated from the point of the longitudinal and the transversal ultrasonic velocities. Young's modulus and the shear modulus of tricalcium phosphate increased with the sintering temperature and with the addition of the fluorapatite additive into the tricalcium phosphate matrix. At 1300 °C, the shear modulus and Young's modulus of the tricalcium phosphate - 40 wt% fluorapatite composites registered optimum values: 26 GPa and 66.2 GPa, respectively. Above 1300 °C, the mechanical properties of the tricalcium phosphate - fluorapatite composites were hindered by the tricalcium phosphate allotropic transformation and the formation of both the intragranular porosity and the cracks.
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Authors
Nadhem Bouslama, Yvon Chevalier, Jamel Bouaziz, Foued Ben Ayed,