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The Quantification of Injectability by Mechanical Testing
Published on: May 13, 2020
Some factors controlling the injectability of calcium phosphate bone cements
I Khairoun1, M G Boltong, F C Driessens
1Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Avda, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
The injectability of four calcium phosphate bone cements (CPBCs) was measured using a commercial disposable syringe. It varied considerably with the cement powder composition, with the liquid/powder ratio, with the time after starting the mixing of liquid and powder, with the accelerator concentration (% Na2HPO4), and with the ageing time of the cement powder which was prepared by milling. The injectability test could be used to determine accurately the dough time of CPBCs. Relations between the setting time and the cohesion time are discussed.
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