Carbonated hydroxyapatite : materials, synthesis, and applications /

This book introduces recent advances in understanding the crystal structure of carbonate hydroxylapatite (also known as bone mineral), which forms the hard tissue of bones and teeth. Bone mineral is the reservoir for carbon dioxide in the body and maintains the concentration of mineral ions in body...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Fleet, M. E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Pan Stanford Publishing, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Apatite-type structure
  • 3. Crystal chemistry and geochemistry
  • 4. Synthesis of carbonate apatites
  • 5. X-ray structures
  • 6. Chemical spectroscopy
  • 7. Carbonate apatite crystal chemistry
  • 8. Biological apatites.