Synthesis and chemical and structural characterization of hydroxyapatite obtained from eggshell and tricalcium phosphate

(Eng) The eggshell is a common residue that is usually discarded without giving any use to it. In this paper the results obtained from a proposed procedure to get hydroxyapatite (HA) from eggshell are shown. The HA is a calcium phosphate which has been widely used as implant material due to the clos...