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Biomaterials

Volume 15, Issue 5, April 1994, Pages 337-341
Biomaterials

Post-deposition heat treatments for ion beam sputter deposited calcium phosphate coatings

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Abstract

Calcium phosphate coatings produced using the ion beam sputter deposition process are amorphous. To produce crystalline coatings, a series of different post-deposition heat treatments were conducted. Heat treatments conducted at temperatures less than 500 C did not produce crystalline phases in the coatings. A 500°C post-deposition heat treatment provided the energy required to produce a hydroxyapatite (HA)-type coating as determined using X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform IR spectroscopy (FTIR). Although post-deposition heat treatments can reduce the adhesion of a coating to its substrate, the 500°C heat treatment did not decrease the coating bond strength. Heat treatments conducted at 600°C were found to produce crystalline HA-type coatings but these heat treatments significantly reduced the coating bond strength. Cracks were observed on the surface of the 600 C heat treated coatings. FTIR analysis revealed a new absorption band at 820cm−1 for the 600 C heat treated coatings, suggesting the formation of a new phase.

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