ISSN:
1573-0689
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract Parallel experiments on human tooth enamel with sp.g. 〉2.95 and synthetic hydroxyapatite have been carried out to study the substitution of CO 3 2− for OH−, produced at 1000°C in dry CO2, with the complementary use of neutron diffraction, x-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and thermochemical techniques. It was verified that the substitution (i) is CO 3 2− ↔ 2(OH− and is completely reversible on specimen exposure to H2O vapor at 1000°C, (ii) takes place with the carbon atom on or near the hexad axis, (ii) places one CO 3 2− group per unit cell in an ordered fashion and so changes the space group fromP6 3/m to one without a screw axis, (iii) was consistent, by its incompleteness, with the occurrence of substitution of O2− for 2(OH−) in 25 to 40% of the unit cells, (iv) produced similar marked changes in the neutron powder diffraction patterns of both tooth enamel and hydroxyapatite, and (v) took place at a site where only a minor portion of the CO 3 2− in normal untreated human tooth enamel occurs. From comparative Rietveld analysis results from x-ray and neutron powder diffraction patterns it is suggested that the carbon atom of this A-site CO 3 2− is near 0,0,0.12 and the CO 3 2− plane makes an angle of ≈18° with thec direction. On being heated at 400°C in H2O vapor, tooth enamel retained much of its CO 3 2− but its a lattice parameter changed from 9.445(3) Å to 9.420(1) Å, essentially that of hydroxyapatite. After once being heated at high temperatures, “tooth enamel” and hydroxyaptite showed similar responses to various treatments, including carbonation. After heating, more β-Ca3(PO4)2 was found in the tooth enamel specimen. Comparative weight change, IR, and other data for tooth enamel and hydroxyapatite heated in He, then in CO2, and then in H2O vapor showed a 20% or more deficiency of structural OH− in the untreated tooth enamel.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01987170
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