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Effect of Dilute Gelatine on the Ultrasonic Thermally
AbstractA series of nano hydroxyapatite-gelatin composites with different dilute solutions of gelatin concentrations were synthesized by a thermally assisted low power ultrasonic irradiation method.The gelatine hydroxyapatite, (Gel-HAP) nanoparticles were prepared using Ca(NO 3 ) 2 and KH 2 PO 4 in the presence of gelatine in an aqueous solution. The synthesised products were heat treated between 100°C and 400°C. The effect of the addition of gelatin on the nucleation and growth of synthesised nano HAP was investigated. Characterisation was performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The characterisation results indicate that gelatin has been appended to the nano HAP forming regular spherical shaped crystals of nano sized Gel-HAP.