Abstract
Abstract In this work the suitability of two different liquid precursors of hydroxyapatite (HA) as feedstock for the air plasma spray (APS) coating technique was studied and compared. The precursors were organic (calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and triethyl phosphate) and inorganic (calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate) sol-gel solution precursors employed in a previous work to produce thin films by a dipping technique. We report on the formation of porous hydroxyapatite coatings on Ti6Al4V substrates. The microstructures found in of both types of coatings are characterized by features typically found in solution precursor plasma spray processes; a combination of melted and unmelted deposits and small hollow spheres. Transmission electron microscopy revealed submicron/nanocrystalline features forming those deposits. Hydroxyapatite was the main crystalline phase present in the coatings. Small amount of other crystalline phases were also found due to the high temperature of the substrates during the spraying.
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