THE EFFECT OF NANO BIOGLASS ON THE FABRICATION OF POROUS TITANIUM SCAFFOLDS

In this study, porous titanium composites containing 5, 10 and 15 wt. % nanobioglass were fabricated byspace holder sintering process. the pore morphology and phase constituents of the porous samples were characterizedby x-ray diffractometry (xrd) and scanning electron microscopy (sem). the mechanical properties were determinedby compression test. the porosity of the sintered samples showed an upward trend with an increase in bioglass content.as the bioglass content was increased, the compressive strength was first increased and then decreased. the resultsobtained in this work suggest that the fabricated porous compact with 10 wt. % bioglass with compressive strengthvalue of about 76.7 mpa, high porosity and good biocompatibility has the potential application for bone tissueengineering.