Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 378-386Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.07.003
Keywords
mechanosynthesis; calcium phosphates; water content; kinetics study; planetary ball mill
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Mechanosynthesis of calcium phosphates can be performed under wet or dry conditions. In most papers and patents, grinding under wet conditions was selected. So far, only a few papers were devoted to dry mechanosynthesis of calcium phosphates. To understand why wet mechanosynthesis was preferred, the influence of water addition on the kinetics of the mechanochemical reaction of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate with calcium oxide was investigated. The DCPD disappearance rate constant k and the final reaction time t(f) were determined in each case and correlated with the water content present in the slurry. Results showed that the addition water (i) slowed down the reaction rate and (ii) increased the powder contamination by mill material (hard porcelain) due to ball and vial erosion; and that (iii) wet milling did not generate the expected products, in contrast to dry grinding, because porcelain induced hydroxyapatite decomposition with the formation of beta-tricalcium phosphate and silicon-stabilized tricalcium phosphate. Consequently, dry mechanosynthesis appears preferable to wet milling in the preparation of calcium phosphates of biological interest. (C) 2007 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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