{"title":"Microwave Sintering of ZrO2 Fiber-Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Matrix Composites","authors":"N. Ehsani, A. Ruys, C. Sorrell","doi":"10.4028/www.scientific.net/JBBTE.14.93","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"PSZ (ZrO2 Fiber)-reinforced HAp was sintered using conventional and microwave hybrid heating. Microwave heating cycles were ~50 times faster than conventional sintering cycles and enabled the use of reduced densification temperatures and soak times by as much as ~100°C and 55 min, respectively. However, although there was a significant improvement in densification levels attainable before decomposition, the improvements were insufficient to produce near-fully or fully dense samples. However, the promising gains made suggest that microwave hot pressing would be a suitable area for future work. Keywords: Hydroxyapatite, microwave sintering, fibre-reinforced ceramics, bioceramics, zirconia fibre","PeriodicalId":15198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering","volume":"107 1","pages":"106 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JBBTE.14.93","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
PSZ (ZrO2 Fiber)-reinforced HAp was sintered using conventional and microwave hybrid heating. Microwave heating cycles were ~50 times faster than conventional sintering cycles and enabled the use of reduced densification temperatures and soak times by as much as ~100°C and 55 min, respectively. However, although there was a significant improvement in densification levels attainable before decomposition, the improvements were insufficient to produce near-fully or fully dense samples. However, the promising gains made suggest that microwave hot pressing would be a suitable area for future work. Keywords: Hydroxyapatite, microwave sintering, fibre-reinforced ceramics, bioceramics, zirconia fibre