One of the new forms of glass used to coat surgical implants contains an even higher ratio of calcium oxide about 24%. The CaO crystal possesses well developed structure of the NaCl-type and is divalent in nature. Oxides and silicates make up the bulk of the Earth's mantle and crust, ...
Certain Na2O-CaO-SiO2-P2O5glasses were found to bond to living bone by Hench et al. in 1970 and named Bioglass®[1]. Subsequently, various kinds of bone-bonding glasses and glass-ceramics have been derived from them. Some of these have been successfu...