title: Preparation and characterization of novel tricalcium silicate bioceramics.
abstract: Novel tricalcium silicate (Ca3SiO5) ceramics were successfully fabricated. The mechanical properties of the ceramics were dependent remarkably on sintering temperature. The fracture toughness, Young's modules, and bending strength of Ca3SiO5 ceramics sintered at 1500 degrees C were 1.93 MPa . m1/2, 36.7 GPa, and 93.4 MPa, respectively. These findings suggest that the Ca3SiO5 ceramics possess good mechanical properties, and might be a potential bone implant material.
authors.affiliation: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, the People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wenyuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D002516:Ceramics / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D017640:Silicates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D017640:Silicates; D002118:Calcium