Thermal Degradation Process and Kinetics of Gelatin/HAP Composites

Thermal Degradation Process and Kinetics of Gelatin/HAP Composites Thiyagarajan Purushotham Alagesan Thangavel Shanmugharaj A.M. Padmapriya Arumugam Kalaivani Raman

Hydroxyapatite (HAP)-loaded gelatin, a biopolymeric composite, has gained a lot of attention in biomedical applications like bone regeneration because it compensates for the low fracture stiffness and fragility of pure HAP. Furthermore, it improves bone injury tolerance by controlling the amorphous calcium phosphate deposition kinetics and microstructure. Doping metal ions in HAP and thereafter preparing gelatin/HAP composites may result in an increase in the desired property upgrades. Understanding the breakdown kinetics of gelatin/HAP composites offers the opportunity for the composites to be engineered for specific purposes. In the present work, gelatin/HAP composites with/without metal-ion doping were prepared and subjected to thermal degradation studies using thermogravimetric analysis under a nitrogen environment to understand their degradation kinetics.
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