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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2010 Aug 1;21(10):2733–2741. doi: 10.1007/s10856-010-4130-5

Table 2.

Concentration of B, Ca, Li, and P in 0.25 M K2HPO4 solution containing 0, 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 M K4P2O7 after immersion of calcium–lithium–borate (CaLB3–15) glass particles for the times shown

B
(mg/l)		 Ca
(mg/l)		 Li
(mg/l)		 P
(mg/l)		 Theoretical
concentration
of P (mg/l)
0 M K4P2O7 7750
   0 h 1.3 <0.7 <0.1 7381
   1 h 227 2.4 47.2 7335
   1 day 2169 1.2 414 7280
   3 days 2339 <0.7 427 6746
0.001 M K4P2O7 7810
   0 h 1.7 0.8 <0.1 7438
   1 h 205 1.7 35.9 7337
   1 day 2081 2.4 421 6972
   4 days 2400 0.8 434 6802
0.01 M K4P2O7 8370
   0 h 3.8 1.2 <0.1 8300
   1 h 190 5.4 39.2 8105
   1 day 1148 16.3 234 7990
   10 days 2275 2.5 427 7570
0.1 M K4P2O7 13950
   0 h 1.5 1.3 <0.1 13677
   1 h 207 37.7 41.4 13431
   1 day 1600 70.5 322 12958
   14 days 2313 75.1 419 12658
   28 days 2325 3.7 420 11847
Theoretical composition (in starting glass) 2310 1070 494 0