Carbonated hydroxyapatite : materials, synthesis, and applications / Michael Fleet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleet, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydroxyapatite.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press : Pan Stanford Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 fluids at homeostasis. The detailed structure of bone mineral has remained obscure more than 80 years after publication of the basic apatite structure, due to the nanoscale size and poor quality of bone mineral crystals. An entirely new approach to the determination of carbonate apatite structures h

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Apatite- Type Structure; Chapter 3 Crystal Chemistry and Geochemistry; Chapter 4 Synthesis of Carbonate Apatites; Chapter 5 X- Ray Structures; Chapter 6 Chemical Spectroscopy; Chapter 7 Carbonate Apatite Crystal Chemistry; Chapter 8 Biological Apatites; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; References Cited; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 28, 2015).

ISBN:

0-429-09505-8

981-4463-68-X

9780429095054

OCLC:

898156130