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The Effects of Particle Size and Solution Chemistry on the Formation of Hydroxyapatite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Mark Fulmer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-4801
Paul W. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-4801
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Abstract

The effects of varying the particle sizes of particulate reactants which form hydroxyapatite by a dissolution-precipitation reaction is considered. The effect of Mg2+ ion, known to inhibit hydroxyapatite formation in vivo. on the reaction to form hydroxyapatite is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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