Influence of Citrate Ions on the Setting of α-Tricalcium Phosphate Based Bone Cements

BIOmaterialien: Interdisciplinary Journal of Functional Materials, Biomechanics, and Tissue Engineering 2010
Zilgma Irbe, Līga Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, Linda Vecbiškena

In this work α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) is used as a starting material for calcium phosphate cement. The setting time of α-TCP cements (liquid phase - sodium phosphate buffer solution with/without citrate ions) can be controlled by changing pH and phosphate ion concentration. The morphology of obtained materials was examined using field emission scanning electron microscopy. The phase composition was determined using X-ray powder diffraction.

Keywords
α-tricalcium phosphate, α-tricalcium phosphate bone cements
Hyperlink
http://www.biomaterials.uni-due.de/Tagungsband_Biomaterialien.pdf

Irbe, Z., Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, L., Vecbiškena, L. Influence of Citrate Ions on the Setting of α-Tricalcium Phosphate Based Bone Cements. BIOmaterialien: Interdisciplinary Journal of Functional Materials, Biomechanics, and Tissue Engineering, 2010, 11. Jahrgang, Heft S1, März, pp.45-45. ISSN 1616-0177.

Publication language
English (en)