Development of hydroxyapatite from Setiu coral via hydrothermal method

• Main Authors: Adnen, Noor Asliza Ismail, Halim, Nur Aini Abd, Nor, Mohd Al Amin Muhamad
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/1.5002345

Coral and converted coralline hydroxyapatites (CHAp) have been widely used in biomedical application as orbital implant and bone graft substitute. In this study, the effect of calcination temperature towards properties of hydroxyapatite were investigated. Three different species of corals which commonly found in Setiu, Terengganu was identified based on coral skeleton and its mean pore diameter was analysed using SEM image analyzer. Corals sample undergo hydrothermal process at calcination temperatures range from 200°C to 240°C with addition of di-ammonium hydrogen phosphate as mineralizer. Three species of corals was identified as Platygyra Lamellina sp., Leptoria Phrygia sp. and Pocillopora Damicornis sp. The mean pore diameter of Setiu corals are 0.751mm, 0.495mm and 0.313mm for Platygyra Lamellina sp., Leptoria Phrygia sp. and Pocillopora Damicornis sp., respectively. The XRD diffractograms showed that the raw corals was sucessfully converted to hydroxyapatite (HA) with presence of minor impurities for all type of corals. Calcination temperature of 240°C was found the best temperature to convert coral to coralline hydroxyapatite. Based on this finding, coral species found in Setiu, Terengganu has great potential to be used as bone graft substitutes.