. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2013 Apr 18;5(4):399–410. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1224

Table 1.

Mechanical properties of natural bone and BG-based materials.

Materials	Modulus	Compressive Strength	Reference
Cortical bone	10-20 GPa	100-150 MPa	11
Trabecular bone	0.1-5 GPa	2-12 MPa	11
6P53B BG^a		136 ± 22 MPa	36, 37
1393 BG^b	11 ± 3 GPa	47 ± 5 MPa	40
ICIE 16 BG^c		2 MPa	41
MBG^d		16 MPa	39
Gelatin–silica^e		9.2 ± 0.4 Mpa to 21.4 ± 8.2 MPa	70
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/45S5 BG^f	0.8-1.6 MPa		61
58sBG^g/Collagen/ Phosphatidylserine		1.55 MPa	56
Poly(D,L lactide)/45S5 BG^f		0.4-1.6 MPa	60
58sBG^g/Polycaprolactone/ Biphasic calcium phosphates	19.3–49.4 MPa	0.2–1.45 MPa	62
Chitosan/BG^h	4.7 ± 0.3 MPa	3.3 ± 0.6 MPa	65
Gelatin/silicaⁱ	0.092 ± 0.011 MPa to 1.267 ± 0.069 MPa	0.019 ± 0.005 MPa to 0.060 ± 0.005 MPa	67

mol %: 51.9 SiO₂, 19.0 CaO, 15.0 MgO, 9.8 Na₂O, 1.8 K₂O, 2.5 P₂O₅

mol %: 54.61 SiO₂, 22.08 CaO, 7.89 K₂O, 7.68 MgO, 5.99 Na₂O, 1.74 P₂O₅

mol %: 49.46 SiO₂, 36.27 CaO, 6.6 Na₂O, 6.6 K₂O, 1.07 P₂O₅

mol %: 80 Si, 15 Ca, 5 P

mol %: 60 SiO₂, 36 CaO, 4 P₂O₅

mol %: 46.1 SiO₂, 26.9 CaO, 24.4 Na₂O, 2.5 P₂O₅

mol %: 58 SiO₂, 38 CaO, 4 P₂O₅

mol %: 55 SiO₂, 40 CaO, 5 P₂O₅

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from a tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) solution