Problem statement: This study presented bone like apatite formation on yttria stabilized zirconia in Simulated Body Fluid (SBF) through hydroxylation technique. Approach: Sol gel route was used to prepare yttria stabilized zirconia. Then it was hydroxylated with 5M H3PO4 for formation of Zr-OH group. Moreover, the growth rate of calcium and phosphate on zirconia substrate was examined using sim...

Although alumina has been used in orthopaedic surgery since the 1970s, the long-term clinical results of zirconia have not been well documented in vivo. We studied hips with these two different ceramics during the same period and with a minimum follow-up of ten years. Because the size of the alumina and zirconia heads was different, hips with 32 mm alumina heads and those with 28 mm zirconia he...

Nitration of toluene has been studied in the liquid phase over a series of modified zirconia catalysts. Zirconia, zirconiaceria (Zr0.98Ce0.02)O2, sulfated zirconia and sulfated zirconiaceria were synthesised by co precipitation method and were characterised by X-ray diffraction, BET surface area, Infra red spectroscopy analysis (FTIR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Scanning Electron Microsc...

Solvent-free technique was employed in this work in order to assess the influence of the calcination temperature on the activity of Al-promoted sulfated zirconia. The catalyst was analyzed by XRD and IR-spectrum method, and catalytic activity was examined by esterification reaction of oleic acid. XRD analysis revealed that a decline in the percentage of tetragonal phases of zirconia was observe...

Biomass offers a renewable carbon source that could be utilized as a raw material in the chemicals industry. A potential route for the conversion of biomass feedstock’s into industrial chemicals is through the catalytic conversion of biomass sugars (glucose) to furan based compounds through an aqueous reforming process. However, to accommodate the transport of these bulky sugars within the cata...

Zirconia doped Hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanocrystals [Ca10(PO4)6-x(ZrO2)x(OH)2]; (0 ≤ x ≤ 1 step 0.2) were synthesized using simple low cost facile method. The crystalline phases were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The crystallinity percentage decreased with increasing zirconia content for the as-synthesized samples. The existence of zirconia as secondary phase on the grain boundaries; as obs...

background: fracture load of implant-supported restorations is an important factor in clinical success. this study evaluated the effect of two techniques for screw access hole preparation on the fracture load of cement-screw retained implant-supported zirconia-based crowns. methods: thirty similar cement-screw retained implant-supported zirconia-based maxillary central incisor crowns were evalu...

Today's dental reconstructive therapeutic concepts require restoration of high esthetic quality and excellent biocompatibility. Full ceramic reconstructions accomplish these requirements but only for anterior teeth and premolars. For all-ceramic bridges the mechanical strength was insufficient to withstand the posterior chewing forces. Frequently the interdental connectors cracked, and the only...