Hydroxyapatite Material Study for Synthetic Skull Design Construction for Slip Casting Method

Hydroxyapatite could be obtained in various methods. In this paper, hydroxyapatite (HA) is obtained from the synthesis method. The sample was tested in XRD to confirm the HA phase. The obtained HA powder will be utilized in a proposed conventional method of ceramic slip casting for a simple manufacturing purpose. Thus, prior to that HA powders obtained were also analysed on its thermogravimetric (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry. Results show that HA powder obtained may face some changes and is stable after 800 °C and remained until 900 °C. This suited with the intended sintering temperature of the future procedure of slip casting. The density of respective prepared HA was also measured and found to have slightly less density compared to the commercial HA.