Rietveld Studies on Silicon Substituted Hydroxyapatite

2006 ◽  
Vol 309-311 ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Zou ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Serena Best ◽  
William Bonfield

Silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite (SiHA) attracts particular interest due its enhanced bioactivity compared with pure hydroxyapatite. In this study we seek to clarify the effects on the lattice parameters of both composition and sintering temperature in experimentally-produced HA and 0.8wt% SiHA, 1.5wt% SiHA and 2.0wt% SiHA sintered at 800oC and 1200oC. X ray diffraction was used to determine the phase purity and crystallographic structure. We found that while the c parameter increased with increasing silicon concentration, the a parameter decreased with initial silicon incorporation then recovered with further increases in silicon incorporation. The calcium (2) channel expanded with silicon incorporation while tetrahedron distortion index (TDI) and the radius of the P channel showed a similar dependence on silicon content as the a parameter.

2008 ◽  
Vol 368-372 ◽  
pp. 1187-1189
Author(s):  
Xu Ran ◽  
Jun Guo Ran ◽  
Li Gou ◽  
Ji Yong Chen ◽  
Jiao Min Luo

The crystalline structures of B-type carbonated hydroxyapatite (CHA) powders sintered at 700, 900 and 1100°C, respectively, were studied by Rietveld analysis of powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data. A series of structure parameters, including lattice parameters (a and c), bond length and the distortion index of PO4 tetrahedron (Dind) were calculated by Rietveld method to characterize the fine structure of CHA. The broadening effect of XRD reflections was separated to calculate the micro-strain and crystalline size. The results showed that CHA become more stable with the increase of sintering temperature, but the CO3 2- is almost lost at temperature of 1100°C. The quantitative results about crystal structure of CHA based on crystalline structure simulated by Rietveld method are obtained.


2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 4950-4955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Mei Sun ◽  
Song Bai Han ◽  
Yun Tao Liu ◽  
Dong Feng Chen ◽  
Xiang Feng Liu

The synergetic effects of the substitution of Ti and Si for Fe on the crystallographic structure and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiycompounds have been comprehensively investigated by means of x-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction and magnetic measurements. Rietveld refinements of the diffraction data indicate that all the samples crystallize in the rhombohedral Th2Zn17-type structure. For a given Ti content, thea-axis and the unit cell volumeVof Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiydecrease linearly with increasing silicon content, while thec-axis behaves complicatedly dependent on different Ti content. The site occupancies of Ti and Si in the crystallographic sites significantly change compared to what is observed in the corresponding singly substituted compounds. TheTCof doubly substituted Nd2Fe16.5-yTi0.8Siyand Nd2Fe16.5-yTi0.5Siyis higher than that of singly substituted Nd2Fe16-ySiyfor a lower Si content while the converse behavior is observed for a higher Si content. For a given Ti content, theTCof Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiycompounds increases with increasing Si content and theMsfirst increases and then decreases. TheMsof Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiydecreases with the increase of Ti content.


2005 ◽  
Vol 888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Müller ◽  
Stephanie A. Hooker ◽  
Davor Balzar

ABSTRACTIn this study, multilayered PbTixZr1-xO3 (PZT) samples (produced at sintering temperatures in the range of 1175 °C to 1325 °C) were electrically fatigued by long-term exposure (∼106 cycles) to electric fields, and the parameters of initial and remnant polarization were estimated. Changes in the crystallographic microstructure as a function of sintering temperature Ts were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to gain insight on fatigue mechanisms and their prevention. Results showed that domain wall movement was facilitated in samples processed at TS less than 1250 °C, and that such samples were more resistant to electrical fatigue.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 3790
Author(s):  
Yongzheng Ji ◽  
Tsuyoshi Honma ◽  
Takayuki Komatsu

Sodium super ionic conductor (NASICON)-type Na3Zr2Si2PO12 (NZSP) with the advantages of the high ionic conductivity, stability and safety is one of the most famous solid-state electrolytes. NZSP, however, requires the high sintering temperature about 1200 °C and long sintering time in the conventional solid-state reaction (SSR) method. In this study, the liquid-phase sintering (LPS) method was applied to synthesize NZSP with the use of NaPO3 glass with a low glass transition temperature of 292 °C. The formation of NZSP was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analyses in the samples obtained by the LPS method for the mixture of Na2ZrSi2O7, ZrO2, and NaPO3 glass. The sample sintered at 1000 °C for 10 h exhibited a higher Na+ ion conductivity of 1.81 mS/cm at 100 °C and a lower activation energy of 0.18 eV compared with the samples prepared by the SSR method. It is proposed that a new LPE method is effective for the synthesis of NZSP and the NaPO3 glass has a great contribution to the Na+ diffusion at the grain boundaries.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Mohamad M. Ahmad ◽  
Hicham Mahfoz Kotb ◽  
Celin Joseph ◽  
Shalendra Kumar ◽  
Adil Alshoaibi

La2/3Cu3Ti4O12 (LCTO) powder has been synthesized by the mechanochemical milling technique. The pelletized powder was conventionally sintered for 10 h at a temperature range of 975–1025 °C, which is a lower temperature process compared to the standard solid-state reaction. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed a cubic phase for the current LCTO ceramics. The grain size of the sintered ceramics was found to increase from 1.5 ± 0.5 to 2.3 ± 0.5 μm with an increase in sintering temperature from 975 to 1025 °C. The impedance results show that the grain conductivity is more than three orders of magnitude larger than the grain boundary conductivity for LCTO ceramics. All the samples showed a giant dielectric constant (1.7 × 103–3.4 × 103) and dielectric loss (0.09–0.17) at 300 K and 10 kHz. The giant dielectric constant of the current samples was attributed to the effect of internal barrier layer capacitances due to their electrically inhomogeneous structure.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Xianjie Yuan ◽  
Xuanhui Qu ◽  
Haiqing Yin ◽  
Zaiqiang Feng ◽  
Mingqi Tang ◽  
...  

This present work investigates the effects of sintering temperature on densification, mechanical properties and microstructure of Al-based alloy pressed by high-velocity compaction. The green samples were heated under the flow of high pure (99.99 wt%) N2. The heating rate was 4 °C/min before 315 °C. For reducing the residual stress, the samples were isothermally held for one h. Then, the specimens were respectively heated at the rate of 10 °C/min to the temperature between 540 °C and 700 °C, held for one h, and then furnace-cooled to the room temperature. Results indicate that when the sintered temperature was 640 °C, both the sintered density and mechanical properties was optimum. Differential Scanning Calorimetry, X-ray diffraction of sintered samples, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, and Transmission Electron Microscope were used to analyse the microstructure and phases.


2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 1031-1035
Author(s):  
Wei Min Liu ◽  
Xing Ai ◽  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Yong Hui Zhou

Al2O3-TiC-ZrO2ceramic composites (ATZ) were fabricated by hot-pressed sintering. The phases and microstructure of the composites were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The relative density and mechanical properties (flexural strength, fracture toughness and Vicker’s hardness) of the composites were tested. The results show that the microstructure of the composites was the gray core-white rim. With the increase of sintering temperature, the relative density and mechanical properties of the composites increased first and then decreased. The composite sintered at 1705°C has the highest synthetical properties, and its relative density, flexural strength, fracture toughness and Vickers hardness are 98.3%,970MPa,6.0 MPa•m1/2and 20.5GPa, respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1061-1062 ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Hong Wu ◽  
De Yi Zheng

In this paper, the effects of different sintering temperature on the microstructure and piezoelectric properties of Pb(Nb2/3Zn1/3)0.03(Zr52Ti48)0.97O3(PNZZT) ceramic samples were investigated. The Pb(Nb2/3Zn1/3)0.03(Zr52Ti48)0.97O3 ceramics materials was prepared by a conventional mixed oxide method. In the period of the experiment, the relationship between crystallographic phase and microstructure were analyzed by X-ray diffraction(XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) respectively. The XRD patterns shows that all of the ceramic samples are with a tetragonal perovskite structure. Along with sintering temperature increased and the x is 0.03, the grain size gradually become big. Through this experiment, it has been found that when the x is 0.03 and sintered at 1130°C for 2 h, the grains grow well, the grain-boundary intersection of the sample combined well and the porosity of the ceramics decreased, an excellent comprehensive electrical properties of the Pb(Nb2/3Zn1/3)0.03(Zr52Ti48)0.97O3 samples can be obtained. Its best electrical properties are as follows: dielectric constant (ε) is 1105, dielectric loss(tg) is 0.017, electromechanical coupling coefficient (Kp) is 0.287, piezoelectric constant(d33) is 150PC/N


2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (8) ◽  
pp. 609-615
Author(s):  
Lukas Heletta ◽  
Stefan Seidel ◽  
Christopher Benndorf ◽  
Hellmut Eckert ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

AbstractThe gallium-containing Heusler phases ScRh2Ga, ScPd2Ga, TmRh2Ga and LuRh2Ga have been synthesized by arc-melting of the elements followed by different annealing sequences to improve phase purity. The samples have been studied by powder X-ray diffraction. The structures of Lu0.97Rh2Ga1.03 (Fm3̅m, a=632.94(5) pm, wR2=0.0590, 46 F2 values, seven variables) and Sc0.88Rh2Ga1.12 (a=618.91(4) pm, wR2=0.0284, 44 F2 values, six variables) have been refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data. Both gallides show structural disorder through Lu/Ga and Sc/Ga mixing. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements showed Pauli paramagnetism for ScRh2Ga, ScPd2Ga, and LuRh2Ga and Curie-Weiss paramagnetism for TmRh2Ga. 45Sc and 71Ga solid state MAS NMR spectroscopic investigations of the Sc containing compounds confirmed the site mixing effects typically observed for Heusler phases. The data indicate that the effect of mixed Sc/Ga occupancy is significantly stronger in ScRh2Ga than in ScPd2Ga.


2011 ◽  
Vol 700 ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Rachanusorn Roongtao ◽  
Supagorn Rugmai ◽  
Wanwilai C. Vittayakorn

The 0.98BaTiO3-0.02Ba (Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3ceramics has been synthesized through a conventional mixed-oxide by using BT nanopowder and BMN micropowder. The phase purity of the powders and the ceramics was examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The 0.98BT-0.02BMN powders were sintered to 92% of the theoretical density at a temperature of 1300 °C for 2 h. The microstructure of the sintered surface was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The dielectric constant (εr) and loss factor (tanδ) of the sintered pellets at Curie temperture were 3000 and 0.015, respectively.


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