
Structure and Chemistry of the Apatites and Other Calcium Orthophosphates
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Table of Contents
1. General chemistry of the calcium orthophosphates
Introduction. Monocalcium phosphates (monohydrate and anhydrous). Octacalcium phosphate. Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate, brushite. Dicalcium phosphate anhydrous, monetite. Anhydrous tricalcium phosphates and whitlockite. Tetracalcium phosphate. Amorphous calcium phosphates
2. Fluorapatite and chlorapatite
Introduction. Structures. Substitutions in apatites. Preparation of powders. Growth of single crystals. Infrared and Raman spectra. Other physical and chemical studies
3. Hydroxyapatite and nonstoichiometric apatites
Introduction. Structure of hydroxyapatite. Preparation of stoichiometric hydroxyapatite powders. Preparation of other apatites with hydroxyl ions. Growth of hydroxyapatite single crystals. Special analytical methods. Structure of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatites. Kinetics of nucleation and crystal growth. Solubility and interfacial phenomena. Reactions in solution. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy. NMR spectroscopy. Other physical and chemical studies
4. Mineral, synthetic and biological carbonate apatites
Introduction. Francolite and dahllite. A-type carbonate apatite, Ca10(PO4)6CO3. Synthetic high temperature B-type carbonate apatites. Carbonate apatites from aqueous systems. Biological apatites. Electron spin resonance of X-irradiated carbonate apatites. Summary
Appendix
Calculated X-ray diffraction patterns of the calcium orthophosphates.
References
Index
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- No. of pages: 404
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier Science 1994
- Published: April 28, 1994
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN: 9781483290317
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J.C. Elliott
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