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Published in final edited form as: J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2007 Jul 10;19(2):507–515. doi: 10.1007/s10856-007-3178-3

Table 3.

Intra-composite ACP to apatite (HAP) conversion determined by XRD screening of the UDMA/PEG-U composite disk specimens at given time intervals.

Immersing environment	Time interval (h)
Immersing environment	0	48	72	144	216	552
Saline	ACP	ACP	ACP	HAP	HAP	HAP
Lactic acid (LA)	ACP	ACP	ACP	ACP	ACP	HAP
Lactic acid + carboxymethyl-cellulose (LC)	ACP	ACP	HAP	HAP	HAP	HAP
Lactic acid + thymol (LT)	ACP	ACP	ACP	HAP	HAP	HAP
Lactic acid + carboxymethyl-cellulose + thymol (LCT)	ACP	ACP	HAP	HAP	HAP	HAP