Processing and Application of Ceramics 2014 Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages: 185-193
https://doi.org/10.2298/PAC1404185A
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Zinc containing borate glasses and glass-ceramics: Search for biomedical applications
Abdelghany Amr M. (National Research Center, Spectroscopy Department, Physics Division, Cairo, Egypt)
Elbatal Fatema H. (National Research Center, Glass Research Department, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt)
Elbatal Hatem A. (National Research Center, Glass Research Department, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt)
Ternary soda lime borate glass and samples with ZnO replacing CaO up to
10mol%were prepared and studied for their bone bonding ability. Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR) absorption spectra of the prepared glasses before
and after immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF), for one or two weeks,
showed the appearance of calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite (HA)) which is an
indication of bone bonding ability. X-ray diffraction patterns were measured
for the glasses and indicated the presence of small peaks related to
hydroxyapatite in the samples immersed in SBF. The glasses were heat treated
with controlled two-step regime to convert them to their corresponding
glass-ceramic derivatives. FTIR and X-ray diffraction measurements of the
glass-ceramic samples (before and after immersion in SBF) confirmed the
appearance of HA which is influenced by ZnO content. The overall data are
explained on the basis of current views about the corrosion behaviour of
borate glasses including hydrolysis and direct dissolution mechanism.
Keywords: glass-ceramics, Na2O•CaO•B2O3 system, bioactivity, FTIR, XRD, SEM