Experimental data on the characterization of hydroxyapatite synthesized from biowastes

The purpose of the dataset is to present the morphological features, elemental composition and functional groups of hydroxyapatite (HAp) synthesized from non-separated biowastes (animal bones) by a modified facile heat treatment method up to a maximum temperature of 1100 °C. The synthesized powders were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with electron dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). These evaluations were to reveal the surface features, elemental composition and identify the functional groups of the synthesized powders. After heat treatment of the raw biowastes to 900 °C, 1000 °C, and 1100 °C (regime of heat treatment), the morphological features of the samples exhibited a more densely packed microstructure at the highest sintering temperature (1100 °C). The elemental composition as evaluated by EDX on a weight and atomic basis for all samples provided information on the calcium to phosphate transforms into apatite with a Ca/P ratio of 3.60, 2.04, 2.50 and 2.32 wt % and 2.79, 1.58, 1.94 and 1.78 at. % respectively for raw biowastes (RB) to sintered samples (HA-900, HA-1000 and, HA-1100 °C). The FTIR data showed phosphate and hydroxyl peaks in the thermally treated samples and all the samples produced characteristic stretching modes of O–H bands at about 3417 cm(−1) which are noticed in all FTIR spectra of HAp.