“…Despite all the side effects, compared to other AAMs exhibiting σ c values of approx. 50 MPa, our best result, that is from SI60, is slightly lower than the average (28 MPa), but the strength decisively improves after calcination, becoming up to 40% higher than a typical AAM, and displaying a five-fold increase in hardness, confirming that the calcination stage is a step that cannot be dismissed from the synthesis route [44][45][46]. However, when comparing them to bioactive ceramics and glass ceramics, our material presents lower mechanical properties, but they are not far from the target of 150 MPa of the theoretical bulk combeite material [47] and the cortical bones [48].…”