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. 2012 Nov 22;2:61. doi: 10.1186/2191-0855-2-61

Table 2.

Quantification of the surface chemical elements of the different BC polymers by EDX

EDAX ZAF Quantification (Standardless)
Element normalized
SKC Table: Default
Without osteoblasts
With osteoblasts
  Element Wt % At % Element Wt % At %
BC
C K
44.28
53.71
C K
30.31
42.98
N K
2.87
2.99
N K
6.38
7.76
O K
46.73
42.55
O K
33.36
35.52
P K
0.00
0.00
P K
8.07
4.44
Na K
0.35
0.22
Na K
0.00
0.00
Au K
5.48
0.04
Au K
0.00
0.00
Cl K
0.29
0.003
Cl K
0.00
0.00
Ca K
0.00
0.00
Ca K
21.88
9.30
 
Total
100%
100%
 
 
 
 
Element
Wt %
At %
Element
Wt %
At %
BC-50%HA
C K
38.58
64.07
C K
4.67
11.76
O K
19.15
23.89
O K
25.01
46.87
Na K
3.00
2.60
Na K
2.18
2.84
P K
1.13
0.73
P K
11.65
11.28
Au K
27.29
2.76
Au K
25.45
3.87
Cl K
8.55
4.81
Cl K
2.55
2.16
K K
0.73
0.37
K K
0.00
0.00
Ca K
1.54
0.78
Ca K
28.49
21.31
 
Total
100%
100%
 
 
 
 
Element
Wt %
At %
Element
Wt %
At %
BC-0.3%HA
C K
46.09
68.54
C K
13.87
32.64
O K
20.47
22.85
O K
21.50
37.99
Na K
2.60
2.02
Na K
3.36
4.13
P K
0.67
0.39
P K
6.09
5.56
Au K
21.44
1.95
Au K
34.92
5.01
Cl K
6.24
3.14
Cl K
4.02
3.20
K K
1.03
0.47
K K
0.00
0.00
Ca K
1.45
0.65
Ca K
16.25
11.46
  Total 100% 100% Total 100% 100%

BC: bacterial cellulose, EDX: Energy dispersive X-ray.