Sintering behaviour of fluorapatite-silicate composites produced from natural fluorapatite and quartz

• Main Authors: Kherifi, D., Belhouchet, H., Ramesh, S., Lee, K. Y. Sara, Kenzour, A., Djoualah, S., Abbas, M. K. G., Wong, Yew Hoong
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: QC Physics; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34200/

In this work, the sintering behaviour of fluorapatite (FAp)-silicate composites prepared by mixing variable amounts of natural quartz (2.5 wt% to 20 wt%) and FAp was studied. The composites were pressureless sintered in air at temperatures from 1000 degrees C to 1350 degrees C. The effects of temper...