The overall objective of this research is to develop and
characterize the hydroxyapatite (HA) bioceramics. In order
to achieve these objectives, several aims have been develop
to keep track the research in line. The projects aims are to
synthesis hydroxyapatite (HA) at various temperatures
(room temperature and boiling temperature) and to
investigate the effect of temperature on hydroxyapatite (HA)
powder such as purity, crystalline structure, reacting
temperature and morphological characteristic (grain size,
grain shape and diffusion between grains). Industrial grade
crystalline HA powder has been successfully synthesis using
the wet chemical precipitation method. Scanning electron
microscope had showed that the synthesis Hydroxyapatite
powder consists of fine grain, homogenous and uniform
distribution under the influence of reflux temperature of
30˚C and stirring rate of 350 rpm. The crystallites size for
HA powders increased from 2.1868nm to 2.3422nm with
increasing of the temperature from 800˚C to 1200˚C. It can
be concluded that the wet precipitation route for sample
S1.3c (reflux temperature: 30˚C, Stirring rate: 350rpm,
Sintering temperature: 1200˚C) is the most suitable to
synthesis HA powder over all others parameters.
Keywords: Hydroxyapatite, Bioceramic, Biomedical,
Tissue Engineering