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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Metab. 2010 Jan 22;28(4):433–445. doi: 10.1007/s00774-009-0146-7

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Evolution of mineral crystallinity and correlation between crystallinity index and mineral maturity in synthetic apatites. (A) Significant correlation between the crystallinity index measured by FTIRM (604 cm−1 peak) and the crystallinity measured by X-ray diffraction [XRD, (002) reflection]. (B) Significant correlation between the crystallinity index measured by FTIRM (inversely proportional to the FWHM of 604 cm−1 peak) and the crystallinity measured by the XRD (310) reflection. (C) Correlation between mineral maturity and mineral crystallinity index in synthetic apatites. These two parameters are closely linked (FWHM: full width at half maximum). (D) Correlation between mineral maturity and mineral crystallinity index in human bone.