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calcium phosphate
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calcium phosphate [′kal·se·əm ′fäs‚fāt]
(inorganic chemistry)
Any phosphate of calcium.
Any of the following three calcium orthophosphates, all of which are white or colorless in pure form: Ca(H2PO4)2is used as a fertilizer, as a plastics stabilizer, and in baking powder, and is also known as acid calcium phosphate, calcium dihydrogen phosphate, monobasic calcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate; CaHPO4is used in pharmaceuticals, animal feeds, and toothpastes, and is also known as calcium hydrogen phosphate, dibasic calcium phosphate, dicalcium orthophosphate, dicalcium phosphate; Ca3(PO4)2is used as a fertilizer, and is also known as tribasic calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate.


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Because HA is the most alkaline salt among all calcium phosphates that can be prepared in an aqueous system, a larger amount of acid is needed to prepare HA saturated solutions compared to saturated solutions of other calcium phosphates.
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The conference will focus on bioceramics, such as calcium phosphates and hydroxyapatite technology; an indispensable biomaterials in clinical practice.
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Common impurity phases in synthetic apatites prepared by precipitation from supersaturated aqueous solutions are calcium phosphate compounds such as amorphous calcium phosphates (ACP) with variable compositions of [Ca.
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