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US 2024/0182303 A2Published application
Hydroxyapatite powder and method for producing same
AssigneeChemische Fabrik Budenheim KG
InventorsErhard FISCHER, Stefan MALLMANN, Christian LITTERSCHEID
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Abstract
In order to provide a hydroxyapatite that can be used without reservation in the food industry, a hydroxyapatite powder is provided composed of primary particles. The median size of the primary particles from which the powder is made is >0.10 μm and the aspect ratio of the primary particles is <5. The specific surface area of the hydroxyapatite powder is ≤10 m2/g, and the bulk density is >550 g/l. Also disclosed is a method with which such a hydroxyapatite powder can be obtained.
Claims12
1:
- A hydroxyapatite powder composed of primary particles, wherein the median size of the primary particles is >0.10 μm and the aspect ratio of the primary particles is <5, wherein the specific surface area of the hydroxyapatite powder is ≤10 m2/g and the bulk density is >550 g/l.
2:
- The hydroxyapatite powder according to claim 1, wherein the hydroxyapatite consists of at least 95 wt % Ca5(PO4)3OH.
3:
- The hydroxyapatite powder according to claim 1, wherein the hydroxyapatite is calcium-saturated hydroxyapatite with the formula Ca5(PO4)3OH or is calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite with the formula Ca10-x(PO4)6-x(HPO4)x(OH)2-x, wherein 0<x≤2.
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- The hydroxyapatite powder according to claim 1, wherein the primary particles of the powder are agglomerated to form secondary particles, wherein the median size of the secondary particles is >1.0 μm.
5:
- A method for producing a hydroxyapatite powder, in which a reaction mixture is created in which milk of lime is reacted with phosphoric acid to form hydroxyapatite, wherein a method cycle comprising the following method steps is carried out:
- a) providing a suspension of hydroxyapatite starter particles in water,
- b) adding milk of lime and phosphoric acid to the suspension,
- c) reacting the milk of lime with the phosphoric acid in the suspension to form hydroxyapatite
- at a temperature in the range of >20° C. and <105° C. and
- at a pH in the range from 6.0 to 13.0,
- d) separating at least a portion of the hydroxyapatite particles out of the suspension,
- e) repeating method steps a) to d) at least once, wherein either the hydroxyapatite particles separated in method step d) or the hydroxyapatite particles remaining in the suspension in method step d) are used as the hydroxyapatite starter particles in method step a), and
- f) removing the hydroxyapatite particles which, in the dried state, have a median size of the primary particles of >0.1 μm from the method cycle.
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- The method according to claim 5, wherein, in said method, the method steps a) to d) are repeated at least 3 times.
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- The method according to claim 5, wherein the method is carried out either
- in semicontinuous operation, wherein the portion of the hydroxyapatite particles separated in method step d), which, in the dried state, has a median size of the primary particles of >0.10 μm, is always removed from the process, while the remaining portion is resuspended in water in method step a) to provide a suspension of hydroxyapatite starter particles in water, or
- in fully continuous operation, wherein, in method step d), the portion of hydroxyapatite particles which, in the dried state, has a median size of the primary particles of >0.10 μm is continuously separated and removed from the method cycle while the remaining portion remains in the method cycle.
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- The method according to claim 5, wherein the milk of lime and the phosphoric acid are added at the same time in step c).
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- The method according to claim 5, wherein the phosphoric acid is diluted phosphoric acid with a concentration of 5-25 vol % of phosphoric acid in water.
10:
- The method according to claim 5, wherein the oxide-based milk of lime has a concentration of 2-20 wt %.
11:
- A method comprising adding the hydroxyapatite powder according to claim 1 to foodstuffs to fortify with calcium and/or as a free flowing agent to improve the flow properties of said foodstuffs.
12:
- A method comprising adding the hydroxyapatite powder according to claim 1 plastics and ceramics as a filler, to toothpaste as an abrasive, or to brake linings as a hard material.