Glass-reinforced hydroxyapatite composites: Fracture toughness and hardness dependence on microstructural characteristics

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2085-2090

  Lopes, Maria A ^a,b   Monteiro, Fernando J ^a,b   Santos, José D ^a,b  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Hardness; Hydroxyapatite glass composites; Microstructure; Tricalcium phosphate

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POROSITY;

EVAN'S EQUATION; HYDROXYAPATITE; INDENTATION TECHNIQUES; LAUGIER EQUATIONS; PALMQVIST CRACK SYSTEMS;

BIOMATERIALS;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; GLASS; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; HARDNESS; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; COMPOSITE RESINS; DURAPATITE; GLASS; HARDNESS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0033231746     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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