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. 2010 Jul 19;107(31):13614–13619. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1003600107

Table 1.

HA TCP BCP1150 BCP1300
Chemistry HA 5HA + 95TCP 20TCP/80HA 20TCP/80HA
Particle size, mm 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Specific surface, m2/g 0.1 1.2 1 0.2
Percentage of materials, % 46.4 ± 2.4 49.9 ± 1.8 45.6 ± 2.2 44.6 ± 1.9
Microporosity, %* 3.1 48.7 41.1 8.7
Ca release, ppm 0.9 ± 0.1 15.3 ± 0.2 5.4 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.4

*Volume percentage of micropores smaller than 10 μm within the ceramic.