The hardness and physical strength of bone, differentiating it from other connective tissues,
stem from the extracellular deposition of calcium phosphate within a soft, fibrous, organic …

Calcium phosphate is the dominant solid mineral phase within the skeletal and dental
tissues of vertebrates. This chapter concentrates on the structure and composition of the …

During the last few years, there has been considerable progress in understanding some
aspects of the crystal chemistry and structure of the apatites. As evidence of this, it can be …

The structure of the Ca–P solid phase in bone was first identified by deJong in 1926 as a
crystalline calcium phosphate similar to geological apatite by chemical analyses and, most …

This is a review of the chemistry and structure of synthetic, mineral, and biologic
hydroxyapatites. Bone apatite has a large, reactive specific-surface and is characterized by …

On a quantitative basis, the most important of the calcium phosphates (Table 1) is an apatite
closely related to hydroxylapatite (HAP). This is better described as an impure carbonate …

The calcium phosphate mineral in bone is so finely divided and in such intimate contact with
collagen and other organic components that an adequate understanding of its properties …

Bone, which is formed by the infusion of an We have long known from X-ray powder
diforganic matrix, principally collagen, with calcium fractometry that the principal constituent …

The observations made in 1926 that tooth enamel, dentine and bone had x-ray diffraction
patterns similar to those of mineral apatltes (hydroxyl-, and fluorapatites) coupled with the …

In nearly all of the higher forms of animal life, structural strength and rigidity are provided by
the bony skeleton. The strength and rigidity of bone are de-rived from its composition and …