Open AccessThe Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Powder Using Shaker Mill Technique
Author(s) -
Ahmad Fadli,
Silvia Reni Yenti,
Agung Prabowo,
Siska Priscillia Aledya,
Rawdatul Fadila,
Reno Susanto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
xi'nan jiaotong daxue xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 0258-2724
DOI - 10.35741/issn.0258-2724.56.2.3
Subject(s) - particle size , ball mill , materials science , scanning electron microscope , crystallite , ball (mathematics) , specific surface area , composite material , grain size , mineralogy , chemical engineering , metallurgy , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , biochemistry , engineering , catalysis
Hydroxyapatite is a material that has the same structure and composition as the main minerals of human teeth and bones. This study's purpose was hydroxyapatite synthesis and determining the effect of variations in the ball sizes, the ratio of a mass of precursors to balls size, milling time, and ball size ratio of crystals and particles, surface area and morphology of hydroxyapatite produced by the mechanochemical method. Two different ball sizes (3mm and 6mm) and three different powder to ball ratio of 1:1.44; 1:2.88; and 1:4.32 were milled for 6 hours. Furthermore, the ball size ratio between the small ball (3 mm) and large ball (6 mm) was 1:1, 1:3, and 3:1 were milled for 2, 4, and 6 hours. The synthesized powder was analyzed by X-ray diffraction, Particle Size Analysis, Brunauer-Emmet-Teller analysis, and Scanning Electron Microscopy to confirm hydroxyapatite structure formation with nanocrystallite size and morphology in all variables. The crystallite size increased as the powder to ball ratio increased. The surface area at powder to ball ratio of 1:2.88 and ball size of 3 mm was 19.51 m2/g, while at ball size ratio of 1:1, it was 18.82 m2/g. The morphology of hydroxyapatite was uniform to granular with mol ratio Ca/P 1.81 for powder to ball ratio and ball size variation.