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Dip Coating of Calcium Hydroxyapatite on Ti‐6Al‐4V Substrates
Author(s) -
Mavis Bora,
Taş A. Cüneyt
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01314.x
Subject(s) - materials science , biocompatibility , coating , scanning electron microscope , calcium , alloy , titanium alloy , metal , titanium , metallurgy , dip coating , biomaterial , composite material , nanotechnology
Ti‐6Al‐4V alloy is the most commonly used metallic material in the manufacture of orthopedic implants. The main inorganic phase of human bone is calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca 10 (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 , HA). To achieve better biocompatibility with bone, metal implants made of Ti‐6Al‐4V are often coated with bioceramics. Dip‐coating techniques scarcely are used to apply HA onto metallic implants. New dipping‐solution recipes to be used for HA coatings are described in this work. Scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray diffractometry have been used for sample characterization.