Tensile strength of the interface between hydroxyapatite and bone.

Tensile strength of the interface between hydroxyapatite (HA) and bone was tested. Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the tensile failure mode and the morphological change of hydroxyapatite ceramic surface in bone. The porosity of hydroxyapatite is 14% and pore size less than 2 microns. After 2 weeks of implantation, the tensile strength of the interface is 0.72 MPa. After 4, 8, and 16 weeks, the average tensile strength stayed at 1.5 MPa. SEM showed that tensile failure occurred at the HA-bone interface at the second week, but after 4 weeks, the failure occurred between HA particles within the bulk, and not at the HA-bone interface. Calcified tissue was directly deposited on the HA ceramic surface and exits also in the micropores. Near the interface, sintered necks among HA ceramic particles were subjected to biodegradation.

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