Fabrication and characterization of bioactive glass-ceramic using soda-lime-silica waste glass

Mojtaba Abbasi; Babak Hashemi

doi:10.1016/j.msec.2014.01.031

Fabrication and characterization of bioactive glass-ceramic using soda-lime-silica waste glass

Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2014 Apr 1:37:399-404. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.01.031. Epub 2014 Jan 24.

Authors

Mojtaba Abbasi¹, Babak Hashemi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiraz University, Zand Street, Shiraz, Iran.
² Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiraz University, Zand Street, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: hashemib@shirazu.ac.ir.

PMID: 24582266
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.01.031

Abstract

Soda-lime-silica waste glass was used to synthesize a bioactive glass-ceramic through solid-state reactions. In comparison with the conventional route, that is, the melt-quenching and subsequent heat treatment, the present work is an economical technique. Structural and thermal properties of the samples were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The in vitro test was utilized to assess the bioactivity level of the samples by Hanks' solution as simulated body fluid (SBF). Bioactivity assessment by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was revealed that the samples with smaller amount of crystalline phase had a higher level of bioactivity.

Keywords: Bioactive glass-ceramic; Biomedical applications; Soda–lime–silica waste glass; Solid-state reaction.

MeSH terms

Calcium Compounds / chemistry*
Ceramics / chemistry*
Crystallization
Differential Thermal Analysis
Glass / chemistry*
Isotonic Solutions / chemistry
Oxides / chemistry*
Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
Sodium Hydroxide / chemistry*
Surface Properties
Temperature

Substances

Calcium Compounds
Hanks Balanced Salt Solution
Isotonic Solutions
Oxides
soda lime
Sodium Hydroxide
Silicon Dioxide