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Conversion of Ostrich Eggshells (Struthio Camelus) To Calcium Phosphates

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dc.creator Macha, Innocent
dc.creator Ozyegin, L. S.
dc.creator Oktar, Faik N.
dc.creator Ben-Nissan, Besim
dc.date 2016-06-21T11:03:20Z
dc.date 2016-06-21T11:03:20Z
dc.date 2014-12
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:37:53Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:37:53Z
dc.identifier Macha, I.J., Ozyegin, L.S., Oktar, F.N. and Ben-Nissan, B., 2015. Conversion of Ostrich Eggshells (Struthio camelus) to Calcium Phosphates. Journal of The Australian Ceramic Society Volume, 51(1), pp.125-133.
dc.identifier www.austceram.com/ACS-Journal
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2644
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2644
dc.description The exceptional progress made in orthopaedic and dental applications have increased the demand of calcium phosphate bioceramics due to their chemical similarities to the inorganic component of hard tissues. Low cost production of calcium phosphate bioceramics could be achieved by using pure natural biogenic materials by relatively simple methods. In this study calcium phosphate powders were produced from ostrich (Struthio camelus) eggshell powder at a moderate temperature of 80oC by relatively simple process of low temperature heating by hot plate (HP) and hot platting while agitation with ultrasonication (HPUS) hence introducing mechanical activation. The product structure and compositions were studied with FTIR, SEM, DTA/TCA, XRD and ICP techniques. The results showed that calcium deficient hydroxyapatite and dicalcium phosphate were obtained from HP and HPUS methods. Poorly crystalline calcium deficient hydroxyapatite was converted into whilockite after calcining at 800oC. The results suggest that this low cost and relatively simple method is efficient to easily produce calci
dc.language en
dc.subject Calcium phosphates
dc.subject Ostrich
dc.subject Struthio camelus
dc.subject Mechanochemical
dc.subject Characterisation
dc.title Conversion of Ostrich Eggshells (Struthio Camelus) To Calcium Phosphates
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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