title: Fiber reinforced calcium phosphate cement.
abstract: The term calcium phosphate cement was introduced by Gruninger et al. (1). This type of cement can be prepared by reacting a calcium phosphate salt with an aqueous solution, which causes it to set by the crossing of the precipitated crystals. These cements offer a series of advantages that allow their use as grafts and substitutes of damaged parts of the bone system. However, these cements have low mechanical strength compared to human bones. This work studied the influence of the use of polyamide fibers in the mechanical properties of a calcium phosphate cement based on alpha-tricalcium phosphate as well as the mechanisms involved in the increase of mechanical strength. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the use of polymeric fibers to increase mechanical strength and the need for coupling agents for the effective performance of the fibers as reinforcement in these materials.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas;Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. p-las@power.ufscar.br
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: da Silva Rigo
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Carrodéguas
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Boschi
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fonseca de Arruda
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000737:chemistry; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D019245:Compressive Strength; D003460:Crystallization; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009757:Nylons / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D009757:Nylons; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; D014867:Water; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; C020243:calcium phosphate; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous