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Sonochemical in situ synthesis of hydroxyapatite in HDPE and PMMA

Abstract:

In the present work, characterization of composite materials based on HDPE and PMMA filled with nanometric hydroxyapatite synthesized in situ by high frequency ultrasound has been carried out. For the composites preparation dilutions of the commercial polymers, using decaline as solvent for the HDPE and 2-butanone for PMMA, were employed. For the synthesis of Hydroxyapatite (HA), ammonium phosphate [(NH4]2HPO4] and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] were used as precursors. The products obtained were characterized by FTIR and TEM. The results showed that when PMMA was used as matrix, the presence of nanometric HA with clear interactions with the PMMA matrix was obtained. When HDPE was used as matrix a complex complex calcium phase was obtained and without interaction with the matrix. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.