Abstract: A process for producing a biocompatible implant material which can be suitably shaped into a variety of forms. A binder is added to a mixture of hydroxylapatite powder and calcium phosphate glass frit (5 wt. %), to thereby prepare a slurry, and the resultant slurry is granulated, to prepare spherical raw material granules. Separately, spherical polyisobutyl methacrylate particles are prepared, and the particles are dry-mixed with the above-prepared granules, to thereby obtain a powder mixture. The powder mixture is compacted using a mold press, to thereby form a cuboid sample. The resultant compact is heated in a drier at 170° C. for three hours, to thereby melt spherical polyisobutyl methacrylate particles. Thereafter, the compact is allowed to cool, to thereby bind the raw material granules together via the polyisobutyl methacrylate that solidifies after melting. After the compact is allowed to cool, the compact is subjected to shaping by use of a copy machining machine and also to drilling.

Abstract: A concentration measuring method and an apparatus measures the concentration of an objective solvent in a mixed solution by flowing a mixed solution through a tube, transmitting light through the mixed solution as it flows through the tubing and measuring the quantity of light transmitted through the fluid. The concentration of the objective solvent in the mixed solution is measured on the basis of either the quantity of light transmitted, the diameter of a light beam received, or a point of convergence of the light transmitted through the mixed solution. These factors being dependent on the concentration of the objective solvent in the mixed solution.