Carbonate in Amorphous Calcium Phosphate: Influence on Nanolevel Structuring
International Scientific Conference „Nanostructured Bioceramic Materials 2020“: Book of Abstracts 2020
Aiga Anna Jokša, Laura Komarovska, Kaia Tonsuaadu, Artūrs Vīksna, Kārlis-Agris Gross

In this paper, amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) with an increasing Ca/P molar ratio (Ca/P ratio of 1.67, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 and 2.8) were synthesized, freeze-dried and then crystallized. Crystallization was achieved in three ways: in a hydrothermal bomb at an elevated temperature and pressure in water or steam, and in a furnace at an elevated temperature. The crystallization temperature of synthesized powders was determined by differential thermal analysis (DTA), Fig 1, and qualitative phase analysis conducted from X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. A series of crystallization routes have been examined to see which pathway holds the most calcium while retaining a monophasic apatite.


Keywords
amorphous calcium phosphate, carbonate, crystallization, structuring

Pudule, A., Komarovska, L., Tonsuaadu, K., Vīksna, A., Gross, K. Carbonate in Amorphous Calcium Phosphate: Influence on Nanolevel Structuring. In: International Scientific Conference „Nanostructured Bioceramic Materials 2020“: Book of Abstracts, Lithuania, Vilnius, 1-3 December, 2020. Vilnius: 2020, pp.65-65.

Publication language
English (en)
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