Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is one of the most versatile bioceramic materials since it is widely used in biomedical and dentistry applications. This research focused on the effect of pH and calcination temperature on synthesized HAp powder from clamshells via chemical precipitation method. Besides that, th...

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Main Author: M. Ali, Nurul Huda
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Published: 2015
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spelling my-uitm-ir.400962021-08-25T08:48:06Z Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali 2015-08 M. Ali, Nurul Huda Molding and casting Chemical engineering Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is one of the most versatile bioceramic materials since it is widely used in biomedical and dentistry applications. This research focused on the effect of pH and calcination temperature on synthesized HAp powder from clamshells via chemical precipitation method. Besides that, the process of PIM using synthesized HAp powder mixed with PS based binder system had studied. The effect of sintering temperatures on the as-sintered HAp specimens had evaluated for its physical and mechanical properties. The process to synthesize HAp powder involves calcination of clamshells powder followed by the titration method using low concentration of phosphoric acid. Based on the analysis, synthesized HAp powder at the temperature of 850°C with the final pH solution of 6.5 has similar characterizations with commercial HAp powder. Then, the process is followed by a green processing route via PIM technique to produce the assintered HAp specimen. From the results attained, it shows that synthesized HAp feedstock prepared with the powder loading of 60 vol.% shows pseudo-plastic behavior. The feedstock was successfully injection moulded according to ASTM standard CI 424- 10 to produce green specimens at the temperature of 200°C with the pressure range from 4 to 7 bars. The green specimens were then successfully debound and sintered through single step wick-debinding and sintering process using alumina powder as an embedment agent. The sintered specimens were than evaluated on physical and mechanical properties. From the results obtained, sintering temperature above 1100°C is not preferable since HAp is start to decompose and forming TCP which not suitable for load bearing applications. 2015-08 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40096/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40096/1/40096.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Chemical Engineering Subuki, Istikamah (Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Subuki, Istikamah (Dr.)
topic Molding and casting
Chemical engineering
spellingShingle Molding and casting
Chemical engineering
M. Ali, Nurul Huda
Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali
description Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is one of the most versatile bioceramic materials since it is widely used in biomedical and dentistry applications. This research focused on the effect of pH and calcination temperature on synthesized HAp powder from clamshells via chemical precipitation method. Besides that, the process of PIM using synthesized HAp powder mixed with PS based binder system had studied. The effect of sintering temperatures on the as-sintered HAp specimens had evaluated for its physical and mechanical properties. The process to synthesize HAp powder involves calcination of clamshells powder followed by the titration method using low concentration of phosphoric acid. Based on the analysis, synthesized HAp powder at the temperature of 850°C with the final pH solution of 6.5 has similar characterizations with commercial HAp powder. Then, the process is followed by a green processing route via PIM technique to produce the assintered HAp specimen. From the results attained, it shows that synthesized HAp feedstock prepared with the powder loading of 60 vol.% shows pseudo-plastic behavior. The feedstock was successfully injection moulded according to ASTM standard CI 424- 10 to produce green specimens at the temperature of 200°C with the pressure range from 4 to 7 bars. The green specimens were then successfully debound and sintered through single step wick-debinding and sintering process using alumina powder as an embedment agent. The sintered specimens were than evaluated on physical and mechanical properties. From the results obtained, sintering temperature above 1100°C is not preferable since HAp is start to decompose and forming TCP which not suitable for load bearing applications.
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author M. Ali, Nurul Huda
author_facet M. Ali, Nurul Huda
author_sort M. Ali, Nurul Huda
title Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali
title_short Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali
title_full Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali
title_fullStr Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali
title_full_unstemmed Powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / Nurul Huda M. Ali
title_sort powder injection moulding of synthesized hydroxyapatite powder from clamshell / nurul huda m. ali
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Chemical Engineering
publishDate 2015
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40096/1/40096.pdf
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