Nucleation of calcium phosphate from solution

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (22) ◽  
pp. 2695-2701 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Walton ◽  
W. J. Bodin ◽  
H. Furedi ◽  
A. Schwartz

A method of determining the stoichiometry of metastable phases from nucleation characteristics is described and is applied to calcium phosphate precipitation. The stoichiometric ratio [Ca]/[P] is shown to be 1.49 ± 0.02 in the pH range 7.0–9.1, indicating that it is not hydroxyapatite which normally forms first in the physiological pH region. Characterization of the product by radio isotopes and by infrared spectroscopy and electron diffraction confirms the stoichiometry and indicates that the calcium phosphate nucleated from solution at high pH is an amorphous or soft metastable material. Some biological implications of these findings are pointed out.

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. LIANG ◽  
Y. HUANG ◽  
F. HE ◽  
H. F. DING ◽  
Y. Z. WAN

Modification of bioceramics by ion implantation of magnesium ( Mg ) is of interest as Mg is the fourth abundant cation in the human body. In this work, magnesium was ion-implanted into a ZrO 2 based bioceramic stabilized with Y 2 O 3 and Al 2 O 3. Both Mg -implanted and unimplanted samples were soaked in a simulated body fluid (SBF) for a period of time. The deposits on the surface of various samples were characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). We find that the Mg -implanted ZrO 2 shows better bioactivity than the plain bioceramic. These results indicate that Mg -implantation can improve the bioactivity of the ZrO 2 based bioceramic. Mechanisms governing the improvement are discussed in this paper.


Author(s):  
George Guthrie ◽  
David Veblen

The nature of a geologic fluid can often be inferred from fluid-filled cavities (generally <100 μm in size) that are trapped during the growth of a mineral. A variety of techniques enables the fluids and daughter crystals (any solid precipitated from the trapped fluid) to be identified from cavities greater than a few micrometers. Many minerals, however, contain fluid inclusions smaller than a micrometer. Though inclusions this small are difficult or impossible to study by conventional techniques, they are ideally suited for study by analytical/ transmission electron microscopy (A/TEM) and electron diffraction. We have used this technique to study fluid inclusions and daughter crystals in diamond and feldspar.Inclusion-rich samples of diamond and feldspar were ion-thinned to electron transparency and examined with a Philips 420T electron microscope (120 keV) equipped with an EDAX beryllium-windowed energy dispersive spectrometer. Thin edges of the sample were perforated in areas that appeared in light microscopy to be populated densely with inclusions. In a few cases, the perforations were bound polygonal sides to which crystals (structurally and compositionally different from the host mineral) were attached (Figure 1).


1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (01) ◽  
pp. 072-085 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kopitar ◽  
M Stegnar ◽  
B Accetto ◽  
D Lebez

SummaryPlasminogen activator was isolated from disrupted pig leucocytes by the aid of DEAE chromatography, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 and final purification on CM cellulose, or by preparative gel electrophoresis.Isolated plasminogen activator corresponds No. 3 band of the starting sample of leucocyte cells (that is composed from 10 gel electrophoretic bands).pH optimum was found to be in pH range 8.0–8.5 and the highest pH stability is between pH range 5.0–8.0.Inhibition studies of isolated plasminogen activator were performed with EACA, AMCHA, PAMBA and Trasylol, using Anson and Astrup method. By Astrup method 100% inhibition was found with EACA and Trasylol and 30% with AMCHA. PAMBA gave 60% inhibition already at concentration 10–3 M/ml. Molecular weight of plasminogen activator was determined by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The value obtained from 4 different samples was found to be 28000–30500.


Author(s):  
Jay Amicangelo ◽  
Lia Totleben ◽  
Jacob Oslosky ◽  
Yudhishtara Payagala ◽  
Catherine Kaiser ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Octavio Gomez-Martinez ◽  
Daniel H. Aguilar ◽  
Patricia Quintana ◽  
Juan J. Alvarado-Gil ◽  
Dalila Aldana ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTFourier Transform infrared spectroscopy has been employed to study the shells of two kind of mollusks, American oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and mussels (Ischadium recurvum). It is shown that it is possible to distinguish the different calcium carbonate lattice vibrations in each case, mussel shells present aragonite vibration frequencies, and the oyster shells present those corresponding to calcite. The superposition, shift and broadening of the infrared bands are discussed. Changes in the vibration modes due to successive thermal treatments are also reported.


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