Research Article

Suitability of Biomorphic Silicon Carbide Ceramics as Drug Delivery Systems against Bacterial Biofilms

Table 1

BioSiC properties obtained by helium pycnometry, nitrogen adsorption and mercury intrusion porosimetry. Standard deviation in parentheses.

SampleDensity
(g/cm3)
HGSpecific surface (m2/g)HGPorosity (%) HG

Pine bioSiC3.01 (0.01) X0.83 (0.05)X46.97 (5.43)X
Oak bioSiC2.90 (0.01) X1.10 (0.02) X27.85 (2.99) X
Sapelli bioSiC3.05 (0.01)  X0.99 (0.05)X40.72 (1.06)X

HG means homogeneous groups.