Two-Step Microwave Sintering—A Promising Technique for the Processing of Nanostructured Bioceramics

Materials Letters 2013
Djordj Veljovic, Eriks Palcevskis, Ilmārs Zālīte, R. Petrovic, Dj. Janackovic

Two-stepmicrowavesinteringwasappliedinthisstudytoprocessdensenano-structuredbioceramics coupledwithimprovedmechanicalproperties.Thedecreaseintheaveragegrainsizetothenanolevel resultingfromdecreasingthesinteringtemperatureto850 1C duringtwo-stepmicrowavesintering, led toanincreaseinthefracturetoughnesscomparedtoconventionallytwo-stepsinteredbioceramic. The two-stepmicrowavesinteringcouldbeapromisingtechniquefortheprocessingofnano- structuredHAPbioceramics.

Keywords
Bioceramics, Sintering, Grain size, Nanocrystalline materials, Fracture toughness
DOI
10.1016/j.matlet.2012.11.095
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167577X12016746

Veljovic, D., Palcevskis, E., Zālīte, I., Petrovic, R., Janackovic, D. Two-Step Microwave Sintering—A Promising Technique for the Processing of Nanostructured Bioceramics. Materials Letters, 2013, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp.251-253. ISSN 0167-577X. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2012.11.095

Publication language
English (en)