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Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2010 Mar 18;6(9):3426–3435. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.03.020

Table 1.

Ion concentrations of human blood plasma and SBF solutions

mM	Na⁺	K⁺	Ca²⁺	Mg²⁺	Cl⁻	HCO₃⁻	HPO₄²⁻	SO₄²⁻	pH
Blood plasma	142.0	5.0	2.5	1.5	103.0	27.0	1.0	0.5	7.4
2 × SBF	145.2	6.0	5.0	1.5	157	4.2	2.0	0.5	6.8
3.5 × SBF	145.2	7.5	8.75	1.5	164.5	4.2	3.5	0.5	6.3
5 × SBF	145.2	9.0	12.5	1.5	172	4.2	5.0	0.5	6.0