Role of the glass phase in bioactive glass-ceramics.

Strnad, Z · Biomaterials · 1992

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Glass-ceramics, or composites with a glass-ceramic matrix prepared by controlled crystallization, almost invariably contain a residual glass phase. A suitable composition for the residual glass phase of bioactive glass-ceramics can be found approximately and controlled on the basis of calculation of a structural parameter Y, which in the simplified concept of the glass structure corresponds to the mean number of bridging oxygens per polyhedron in the glass lattice.

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