Could amorphous zirconia (zirconium hydroxide) improve mechanical properties of PMMA, if there is a good adhesion ?

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I am trying to synthesise zirconia to use as a filler of pmma for nanocomposite, and I only obtained amorphous zirconium hydroxide, could it be useful for this purpose (calcination is not possible)?

Iman Roohani

Dear Oussama,

Yes It can, However I assume you are making that nanocomposite for bio-medical applications. I highly recommend you to conduct a cytotoxicity test according to ISO10993 on your ceramic before starting any further study.

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