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Developmental Study of Diopside for Use as Implant Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Toru Nonami*
Affiliation:
TDK Corporation, Materials Research Center, 570-2 Aza-Matsugasita Minami-Hatori, Narita-shi, Chiba-ken, 286, Japan
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Abstract

Diopside was prepared sintering a powder compact of composition CaMgSi2O6 at 1573K for 2 hours. The bending strength of this sintered body was 300MPa and fracture toughness was 3.5MPam1/2. Diopside was soaked in a simulated body fluid at 309.5K. Three days later diopside formed hydroxyapatite (Hap) all over the surface [1]. Diopside implanted in rabbits came in close contact with the newly grown bone. EPMA spectral diagrams show a change of composition across the junction from the diopside to the newly grown bone [2].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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