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US4897370A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process for preparing ceramics composite sintered bodies

Assignee: Lion Corp
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Filing: 1988-06-29
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Granted: 1990-01-30
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Expires: 2008-06-29
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Abstract

Abstract A process for preparing a glass or glass-ceramic composite sintered body by a sol-gel method comprises reacting (A) at least one silicic acid ester represented by the general formula (I). ##STR1## wherein R 1 to R 4 are each hydrogen or a group represented by Chd xH 2x+1 (OC 2 H 4 ) y - wherein x is 1 to 5, and y is 0 to 10, provided that R 1 to R 4 are not all hydrogen at the same time, and n is 0 to 20; (B) at least one phosphorus compound represented by the general formula (II), (III) or (IV): ##STR2## wherein R 5 to R 9 are each hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, and m is 0 to 10; and (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisiting of calcium salts and calcium coumpounds represented by the general formula (V) Ca(OR.sub.10).sub.2 (V) wherein R 10 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; with water in the presence of the follwing componentn (D-1) and/or the following component (D-2) to form a gel, and drying, molding and then sintering the gel; (D-1): at least one kind of ceramics fine particles having a composition different from a sintered body obtained form components (A) to (C) or having a crystal different from crystals formed in the sintered body, (D-2): ceramic short fibers and/or whiskers. SiO 2 -P 2 O 5 -CaO glass or glass-ceramic composite sintered body contains at least one of ceramics short fibers and/or whiskers, and at least one of ceramics fine particles. According to the invention, there can be obtained composite sintered bodies of calcium phosphate glasses or glass-ceramics exhibiting excellent in biocompatibility in which ceramics fine particles, ceramics fibers and whiskers are uniformly dispersed and mixed, and strength, toughness and scatter of strength are effectively improved. Thus the composite sintered bodies of the invention are widely applicable as materials for hard tissue of living bodies such as artificial tooth roots and artificial bones.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yasunobu Horiguchi
  • 👤 Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • 👤 Tuyoshi Goto

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C14/00; C03C14/002; A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/28; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/40; A61L27/42; A61L27/425; C03C1/00; C03C1/006; C03C2214/00; C03C2214/02; C03C2214/06; C03C2214/20; C03C2214/32

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 231 words
A process for preparing a glass or glass-ceramic composite sintered body which comprises reacting (A) at least one silicic acid ester represented by the general formula (I) ##STR7## wherein R 1 to R 4 are each hydrogen or a group represented by C x H 2x+1 (OC 2 H 4 ) y -- where x is 1 to 5, and y is 0 to 10, provided that R 1 to R 4 are not all hydrogen at the same time and n is 0 to 20; (B) at least one phosphorus compound represented by the general formula (II), (III) or (IV): ##STR8## wherein R 5 to R 9 are each hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, and m is 0 to 10 and; (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of water-soluble calcium salts; with water in an amount necessary for hydrolyzing the components (A)-(C) in the presence of the following component (D-1) and/or the following component (D-2) to form a gel, and drying, molding and then sintering the gel; (D-1): at least one kind of ceramics fine particles having a composition different from a sintered body obtained from components (A) to (C) or having a crystal different from crystals formed in the sintered body, (D-2): ceramic short fibers and/or whiskers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 231 words
A process for preparing a glass or glass-ceramic composite sintered body which comprises reacting (A) at least one silicic acid ester represented by the general formula (I) ##STR7## wherein R 1 to R 4 are each hydrogen or a group represented by C x H 2x+1 (OC 2 H 4 ) y -- where x is 1 to 5, and y is 0 to 10, provided that R 1 to R 4 are not all hydrogen at the same time and n is 0 to 20; (B) at least one phosphorus compound represented by the general formula (II), (III) or (IV): ##STR8## wherein R 5 to R 9 are each hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, and m is 0 to 10 and; (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of water-soluble calcium salts; with water in an amount necessary for hydrolyzing the components (A)-(C) in the presence of the following component (D-1) and/or the following component (D-2) to form a gel, and drying, molding and then sintering the gel; (D-1): at least one kind of ceramics fine particles having a composition different from a sintered body obtained from components (A) to (C) or having a crystal different from crystals formed in the sintered body, (D-2): ceramic short fibers and/or whiskers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ceramics fine particles are selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , SiC, Si 3 N 4 , BN and sialon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ceramics fine particles are polycrystals or single crystals having a melting point above the sintering temperature.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the particle size of the ceramic fine particles is 10 μm or less.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ceramics short fibers and/or the whiskers are those of an oxide, a carbide, a nitride, an oxynitride or a boride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ceramics short fibers and/or the whiskers are those of Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , SiC, SiN 4 , BN or sialon.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ceramics short fibers and/or the whiskers have an aspect ratio of 5 or more.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein component (D-1) is used in an amount of 5 to 60 volume % in the composite sintered body.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein component (D-2) is used in an amount of 5 to 50 volume % in the composite sintered body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 28 words
The process of claim 1 wherein components (D-1) and (D-2) are used together in a total amount of 10 to 60 volume % in the composite sintered body.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 26 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the gel after the drying and before the molding is either powdered and then heat-treated, or heat-treated and then powdered.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 28 words
The process of claim 11 wherein the heat treatment is carried out at a temperature lower than the sintering temperature and equal to or higher than 200° C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the sintering is carried out at 800° to 1300° C.

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