Peculiarities of the formation, structural and morphological properties of zinc whitlockite (Ca<sub>18</sub>Zn<sub>2</sub>(HPO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>12</sub>) synthesized <i>via</i> a phase transformation process under hydrothermal conditions
Agnė Kizalaitė, Vytautas Klimavičius, Justina Versockienė, Eglė Lastauskienė, Tomas Murauskas, Ramūnas Skaudžius, Taishi Yokoi, Masakazu Kawashita, Tomoyo Goto, Tohru Sekino, Aleksej Žarkov
Abstract
In the present work, the formation of zinc whitlockite via a dissolution–precipitation process was investigated in detail. The influence of medium pH, reaction time, temperature and concentration of precursors on the formation of the material was studied.
Topics & Concepts
WhitlockiteZincDissolutionPrecipitationInorganic chemistryChemistryMaterials scienceChemical engineeringCrystallographyMineralogyMetallurgyApatitePhysical chemistryPhysicsMeteorologyEngineeringChemical Synthesis and CharacterizationNuclear materials and radiation effectsBone Tissue Engineering Materials