Zinc hydroxyapatite coatings (ZnHAp) were synthesized on 316L stainless steel by ion exchange method between hydroxyapatite coatings (HAp) and solution containing Zn(NO32. Effect of the initial concentration of Zn2+ and contact time to ion exchange process was studied. The analytical results of FTIR, SEM, Xray, and AAS showed that the obtained coatings were single phase crystals of HAp, and the present of Zn in HAp structure with the atomic ratios of Zn/Ca, (Ca + Zn)/P of 0.143 and 1.707 changed the morphology, the crystal diameter and the lattice parameters. Besides, kinetics of ion exchange process followed the model of the pseudo-second order kinetic with the ion exchange capacity at equilibrium of 1.529 mmol/g and the rate constant of 0.112 g/mmol.min.