Table 4.

Mechanical properties of calcium phosphate systems and human bone (Chen et al. 2012)

Ceramics	Compressive strength (MPa)	Tensile strength (MPa)	Elastic modulus (Potijanyakul et al. 2010)	Fracture toughness (MPa$\sqrt{m}$)
Calcium phosphates	20–900	30–200	30–103	<1.0
HA	>400	~40	~100	~1.0
45S5 Bioglass®	~500	42	35	0.5–1
Cortical bone	130–180	50–151	12–18	6–8