Table 3.

Mechanical properties of ceramic biomaterials [19,25,26,27].

Name	Young’s Modulus E (GPa)	Compressive Strength σ (MPa)	Tensile Strength σ (MPa)
Alumina	380	4500	350
Bioglass-ceramics	22	500	56–83
Calcium phosphates	40–117	510–896	69–193
Pyrolytic carbon	18–28	517	280–560