Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreaCSC.pdf: 2806475 bytes, checksum: a164123a8cfe29ac9b333a265d0521fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The tricalcium phosphate ceramics has been widely investigated in the last years due its bioresorbable behavior. The limiting factor of the application of these materials as temporary implants is its low strength resistance. The tricalcium phosphate presents an allotropic transformation β→α around 1250 ?C that degrades its resistance. Some studies have been developed in order to densify this material at this temperature range. The objective of this work is to study the influence of the addition of magnesium oxide (MgO) in the sintering of β-TCP. The processing route was uniaxial hot pressing and its objective was to obtain dense samples. The samples were physically characterized through density and porosity measurements. The thermal behavior was studied through dilatometric, thermal differential and thermogravimetric analysis. The mechanical properties were characterized by three point flexure test and Vickers microhardness measurements, analyzed of the microstructure. The addition of magnesium oxide doesn t cause an improvement of the mechanical strength in relation to material without additive. / As cer?micas de fosfato de c?lcio (β-TCP) t?m sido intensamente investigadas nos ?ltimos anos devido as suas caracter?sticas bio - absorv?veis. Um fator limitante da aplica??o destes materiais em implantes tempor?rios ? a sua baixa resist?ncia mec?nica. O tricalciofosfato apresenta uma transforma??o alotr?pica β→α em torno de 1250 ?C, o que degrada significativamente sua resist?ncia mec?nica. V?rios estudos t?m sido realizados com o intuito de densificar este material nesta faixa de temperatura. O objetivo desse trabalho ? estudar a influ?ncia da adi??o do aditivo (MgO) na sinteriza??o do β-TCP. O m?todo de processamento utilizado foi prensagem uniaxial a quente, teve por objetivo obter corpos densos. As amostras foram caracterizadas por meio de medidas de porosidade aparente e densidade aparente e termicamente por dilatometria, an?lise termogravim?trica e t?rmica diferencial. Os corpos sinterizados foram caracterizados mecanicamente por resist?ncia a flex?o em 3 pontos, microdureza Vickers e an?lise da microestrutura. A adi??o do ?xido de magn?sio n?o ocasionou melhoria na resist?ncia mec?nica em rela??o ao material sem aditivo

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EduardoGR.pdf: 1635946 bytes, checksum: 593244cdda721eea4684ae85323cfee4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The calcium phosphate ceramics have been very investigated as material for bone implants. The tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) had a great potential for application in temporary implants like a resorbable bioceramic. This material presents a limitation in its sintering temperature due to occurrence of the allotropic transformation β → α at temperatures around 1200?C, not allowing the attainment of dense ceramic bodies. This transformation also causes cracks, what diminishes the mechanical strength, limiting its use to applications of low mechanical requests. This work studies the influence of the addition of manganese oxide in the sintering of β-TCP. Two processing routes were investigated. The first was the powder metallurgy conventional process. The test bodies (samples) were pressed and sintering at temperatures of 1200 and 1250?C. The second route was uniaxial hot pressing and its objective was to obtain samples with high relative density. The samples were physically characterized through density and porosity measurements. The thermal behavior was studied through dilatometric, thermal differential and thermogravimetric analysis. The mechanical properties were characterized by three point flexure test and Vickers microhardness measurements. The microstructure was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The addition of manganese oxide caused an improvement of the mechanical strength in relation to the material without additive and promoting the stabilization of β-TCP to greater temperatures / As cer?micas de fosfato de c?lcio t?m sido intensamente investigadas como materiais para implantes ?sseos. O fosfato tric?lcico (β-TCP) possui um grande potencial para aplica??o em implantes tempor?rios por ser uma biocer?mica absorv?vel. Entretanto, este tipo de material apresenta uma limita??o na sua temperatura de sinteriza??o devido ? ocorr?ncia da transforma??o alotr?pica β → α em torno de 1200?C. Isto impede a obten??o de corpos cer?micos densos e provoca trincas, diminuindo a resist?ncia do material e limitando a sua utiliza??o a aplica??es de baixa solicita??o mec?nica. A influ?ncia da adi??o de ?xido de mangan?s na sinteriza??o do β-TCP foi estudada neste trabalho. Duas rotas de processamento foram investigadas. A primeira utilizou o processo convencional de metalurgia do p?. Os corpos de prova foram prensados, sendo posteriormente sinterizados nas temperaturas de 1200 e 1250?C. O segundo m?todo de processamento utilizou a rota de prensagem uniaxial a quente, e tinha como objetivo obter corpos de prova com alta densidade relativa. As amostras foram caracterizadas fisicamente por meio de medidas de porosidade e densidade e termicamente por dilatometria e an?lise termogravim?trica e t?rmica diferencial. Os corpos sinterizados foram caracterizados mecanicamente por resist?ncia a flex?o em 3 pontos e microdureza Vickers, sendo tamb?m sua microestrutura analisada por microscopia eletr?nica de varredura. A adi??o do ?xido de mangan?s ocasionou uma melhoria da resist?ncia mec?nica em rela??o ao material sem aditivo, al?m de promover uma estabiliza??o do β-TCP em temperaturas mais elevadas