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Machinable Ti 3 SiC 2 /Hydroxyapatite Bioceramic Composites by Spark Plasma Sintering
Author(s) -
Shi Sui Lin,
Pan Wei
Publication year - 2007
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.1551-2916.2007.01882.x
Subject(s) - spark plasma sintering , materials science , bioceramic , machinability , composite material , composite number , sintering , ceramic , machining , metallurgy
In this paper, we report a machinable Ti 3 SiC 2 /hydroxyapatite (HAp) composite prepared by spark plasma sintering. The experimental results of a drilling test demonstrated that the composites exhibit excellent machinability when the Ti 3 SiC 2 content is higher than 20 vol%, which can be attributed to the improvement in the mechanical and machinable properties of the composites by addition of Ti 3 SiC 2 phase, which possessess unique mechanical and machinable properties and energy‐absorbing mechanisms. The superior mechanical and machinable properties of Ti 3 SiC 2 /HAp composites suggest that the composite system could be attractive for practical applications of novel biomaterials.