Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 3, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Viktor Vorobyov
Department of Chemistry, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovietsky pr., 1, 236022 Kaliningrad, Russia
Natalia Kildeeva
Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymer Materials and Nanocomposites, The Kosygin State University of Russia, Malaya Kaluzhskaya 1, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Tatiana Shatalova
Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 3, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Otabek Toshev
Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 73, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Yaroslav Filippov
Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 73, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Artem Dmitrienko
Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 3, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Olga Gavlina
Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 3, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Olga Chernega
Department of Food Products Technology, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovietsky pr., 1, 236022 Kaliningrad, Russia
Elena Nizhnikova
Department of Chemistry, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovietsky pr., 1, 236022 Kaliningrad, Russia
Marat Akhmedov
Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymer Materials and Nanocomposites, The Kosygin State University of Russia, Malaya Kaluzhskaya 1, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Elena Kukueva
National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Akademika Kurchatova sq., 1, 123182 Moscow, Russia
Konstantin Lyssenko
Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Building, 3, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
A mixture of abramis brama (freshwater bream), carassius carassius (crucian carp), and sander lucioperca (pike perch) scales was used for the preparation of fish scale powder containing constituents of organic and inorganic nature. The mixture of the mentioned fish scales was washed, dried, and ground for the preparation of fish scale powder. Vibration sieving was used to prepare fish scale powder enriched with inorganic components. According to thermal analysis data, this fish scale powder enriched with inorganic components included about 36.5 wt.% components removed when heating, primarily those of organic nature, and 63.5 wt.% mineral components. Inorganic powders consisting of hydroxyapatite and magnesium whitlockite were obtained via heat treatment of this fish scale powder at 800–1000 °C. Particles of these inorganic powders consisted of sintered grains with dimensions less than 100 nm after heat treatment at 800 °C, less than 200 nm after heat treatment at 900 °C, and 100–1000 nm after heat treatment at 1000 °C. Fish scale powder enriched with inorganic components as well as heat-treated inorganic powders consisting of hydroxyapatite and magnesium whitlockite can be recommended for the production of different materials, such as ceramics or composites.
