Measuring the devitrification of bioactive glasses

H Arstila, E Vedel, Leena Hupa, H Ylanen, Mikko Hupa

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    Abstract

    The devitrification tendency during heat-treatment was measured for four bioactive glasses in the system Na2O-K2O-MgO-CaO-B2O3-P2O5-SiO2. The measurements where performed by high-temperature optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and differential thermal analysis. The combination of these methods proved to be a reliable way to define the devitrification temperatures and the composition of crystal phases formed. This information is vital in choosing glasses for implant production, especially in cases where thermal treatment is required.
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Pages (from-to)67–70
    Number of pages4
    JournalKey Engineering Materials
    Volume254-256
    Issue numberBioceramics 16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • devitrification
    • DTA
    • HTM

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