Development of translucent oxyapatite ceramics by spark plasma sintering

Yiqiang Shen, Jinling Xu, Alfred Tok, Dingyuan Tang, Khiam Aik Khor, Zhili Dongw*

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Abstract

The pure Sr2Y8(SiO4)6O 2 oxyapatite powder materials have been ball milled and spark-plasma sintered. The microstructures and transmittances in the completely and incompletely densified ceramics were investigated. The ceramic sintered at 1500°C is translucent with 0.7% porosity and its total forward light transmittance can reach about 52% in the infrared region. The transmittance was interpreted based on the microstructures of the ceramic samples and the Mie scattering theory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3060-3063
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume93
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Materials Chemistry

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