A BIOCOMPATIBLE AND LOAD BEARING COMPOSITE OF MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES CHITOSAN AND NATURAL HYDROXYAPATITE DERIVED FROM THE CHICKEN BONES WASTED IN THE SLAUGHTER HOUSES

A large amount of chicken bone is produced as waste from the protein industry all over the world and discarding it has become one of the important environmental concerns in recent time. The value addition to the waste bones including the isolation of hydroxyapatite (HAP) will reduce the dumping of these wastes on to the environment. HAP has been isolated from the waste chicken bones and the composite of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube (f-MWCNT)-chitosan-HAP has been prepared to improve the mechanical and thermal properties of HAP by the incorporation of chitosan and multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT). MWCNT add mechanical and tensile strength whereas chitosan add binding and biocompatibility to the composite.

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