Accession Number:

ADP007747

Title:

Rapid Sintering of Hydroxyapatite Ceramics by Microwave Processing,

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PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UNIVERSITY PARK MATERIALS RESEARCH LAB

Report Date:

1992-04-27

Abstract:

Completely densified hydroxyapatite ceramics were successfully sintered in a 500 W microwave oven within 5 - 10 min at sintering temperature of 1100 - 1300 deg C. Compared with the hydroxyapatite ceramics sintered by the conventional method, the microwave sintered hydroxyapatite ceramics have the following characteristics denser microstructure and finer grain size, as well as the improved mechanical strength, and the process consumes a small fraction of the energy and time of conventional sintering.

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This article is from 'Ceramic Transactions. Volume 21. Proceedings of the Symposium on Microwave Theory and Application in Materials Processing Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society (23rd) Held in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 29 - May 3, 1991,' AD-A253 631, p349-356.

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