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    The important characteristic and properties of dolomite minerals and potential uses as bioceramics: an overview
    (Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2025)
    Nur Hasnidah Ahmad Shukeri
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    Mohamad Hasmaliza
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    Dolomite is a raw carbonate mineral rich in contents with calcium, magnesium and oxide compounds also including other minor impurities from other compounds. It could be easily found in sedimentary rock which is most likely known as dolostone associated with limestone and chalk carbonates. This mineral has been used in a variety of industries including agricultural, metallurgy, constructions, biomass and others. Currently, there are abundant sources of local dolomite minerals but have very limited applications when compared to other types of carbonate minerals. This was contributed by the lack of basic technical information on dolomite properties and no extensive research has been done to evaluate the new potential of this mineral. Therefore, this paper made a brief review on the important characteristics, properties and thermal behavior of dolomite and based on these findings discussed the dolomite's suitability and potential to be used as bioceramics and in biomedical applications.<
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    Physical characteristic and in-vitro bioactivity property of sintered glasses made via sol-gel and powder sintering process
    In this work, ternary system (SiO2-CaO-P2O5) biocompatible glass with different compositions (CaO/P2O5 ratio) were prepared by sol-gel method and sintering process. The physical characteristic and bioactive properties of each different sample composition were analyzed using XRF, particle sizer, N2 adsorption-desorption, FTIR, XRD, and FESEM-EDX. The sintered glass pellets were subjected to immersion studies in a simulated body fluid (SBF) solution for 14 days. All compositions of gel-glass particulates showed mesoporous-type structures and consisted of very high porosities with nano-pores in size. Different Ca/P ratios in gel-glass composition are affected by different porous characteristics. All compositions of sintered glass showed very good bioactive behavior by significant deposition of the carbonate apatite layer. Sintered glass with the Ca/P ratio = 2.33 showed very significant bioactive properties as it also comprised the highest pore volume and size. However, sintered glass with the lowest Ca/P ratio (Ca:P=1.50) showed a quite significant reduction in the bioactive property as it also consisted of the lowest pore volume and pore sizes. Hence, the in-vitro bioactivity property of sintered glass is significantly influenced by the increase in its porous characteristics due to differences in the Ca/P ratio.
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    Preparation and properties of porous calcium phosphate
    ( 2008) ;
    Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Noor
    In this study, preparation of porous calcium phosphate was involved the addition of sodium di-hydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4 and di-sodium hydrogen phosphate, Na2HPO4 into the raw calcium phosphate powder. The sodium hydrogen phosphates salt was act as the porosity agent for the bio-ceramic samples preparation. This method using sodium phosphates salt produced samples with 20-70% porosities. After sintering the sample above 700°C with 4 hours soaking time, results showed that open-pores structure in the range of 1 to 400µm in size were obtained. The pores structure and sizes were depending on the percent addition of the additive and the level of sintering temperature. The compressive strength of porous samples was approximately ranging between 14.38 to 103.42 MPa
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