The pH Level Influence on Hydroxyapatite Phase Composition Synthesized with Hydrothermal Method

Abstract

This paper reports the pH level influence on hydroxyapatite phase composition synthesized with hydrothermal method in Ca(OH)2-H3PO4, Ca(NO3)2-(NH4)2HPO4-NH[4]OH, Ca(OH)[2]-NH[4]H[2]PO[4].The obtained samples were studied with X-Ray diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. The one phase Ca[5]H[2]O[13]P[3] high crystallinity hydroxyapatite was synthesized with hydrothermal method at pH equal to 11. The crystallinity degree was calculated from the X-Ray diffraction pattern and became 0.96. The increasing pH level from 7 to 11 provides obtaining one phase hydroxyapatite at pH level 11 instead the two phase Ca[9.04](PO[4])6(OH)[1.68], CaHPO[4] at pH level 9 and CaPO[3](OH), Ca(OH)[2] at pH level 7.