Influence of Synthesis Techno-Chemical Parameters on Physicochemical Characteristics of Biomimetic Calcium-Phosphate Nanocomposite Doped by Silicate and Carbonate Anions

Abstract

The object of our investigation is a biomimetic calcium-phosphate nanocomposite doped by silicate and carbonate anions (BMHAP) synthesized by chemical deposition from aqueous solutions. The obtained samples are investigated using X-ray phase analysis (XRD), FTIR spectroscopy, and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption (BET method). The influence of the techno chemical synthesis parameters on the products characteristics (including phase composition, crystal lattice parameters, average crystallite size, specific surface area) is evaluated. The study on the effect of the synthesis temperature shows that with increasing in temperature from 22°C to 80°C, reveals a slight increase in the parameters of unit cells a and c, which leads to an increase in its volume. There is also a tendency towards a decrease in the average size of coherent scattering regions of crystallites (from 7,52 to 4,65 nm) and specific surface area (from 192,51 to 74,72 m2/g), but the pore volume and average pore diameter of the synthesized powders increases. The effect of the aging time of the sediment in the mother liquor is studied from 0,5 to 24 hours. It is found that with an increase in the maturation time of the sediment, the percent crystallinity of the powders improves by 1,7 times, an increase in the specific surface area from 163,43 to 192,51 m2/g and a slight decrease in the pore volume and average pore size of the samples are observed. The impact of the stirring rate of the reagents is investigated. An increase in speed from 300 to 1300 rpm has been shown to decrease the average crystallite size from 8,80 to 6,41 nm, and as a result, to increase the specific surface area of the synthesized samples from 178,58 to 
 192,51 m2/g, respectively.