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Three-dimensional printing of flash-setting calcium aluminate cement

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Three-dimensional indirect printing of flash-setting calcium aluminate cement (CAC) was investigated. Upon water injection into a biphasic mixture of tricalcium aluminate (3CaO·Al2O3) and dodecacalcium heptaaluminate (12CaO·7Al2O3) (phase ratio 0.56/0.44) initially a gel formed acting as a bonding phase which stabilizes the printed object geometry. Post-exposure in water finally resulted in the formation of 2CaO·Al2O3·8H2O and 4CaO·Al2O3·19H2O reaction phases as confirmed by SEM, X-ray diffraction, and FTIR analyses. Reduction of porosity by volume expansion upon hydrolysis reaction from 50% after printing to 20% after post-treatment gave rise for an increase of compressive strength from 5 to 20 MPa, respectively. A bone regenerating scaffold for a micro-vascular loop model was fabricated by 3D printing and hydraulic reaction bonding to demonstrate the potential of using flash-setting calcium aluminate cement powder for biomedical ceramic applications.

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Acknowledgements

The financial support from DFG (GR 961/27) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors want to thank Dr. Nahum Travitzky for his technical support in terms of 3D printing. Anne-Kathrin Maier would also like to express her heartfelt thanks to PD Dr. Friedlinde Götz-Neunhoeffer at the Department of Mineralogy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany for her helpful comments during the preparation of this manuscript.

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    Anne-Kathrin Maier, Laura Dezmirean, Julia Will & Peter Greil

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Maier, AK., Dezmirean, L., Will, J. et al. Three-dimensional printing of flash-setting calcium aluminate cement. J Mater Sci 46, 2947–2954 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-5170-4

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