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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2012 Jul 18;23(10):2471–2482. doi: 10.1007/s10856-012-4717-0

Table 1.

Experimental conditions during the growth process

Exp. Mixture composition Cooling rate
E1 M1—stoichiometric 89.33wt.% Ca3(PO4)2 ~10 °C min−1
E2 M2—80wt.% Ca3(PO4)2 (rich in solute) ~10 °C min−1
E3 M3—25wt.% Ca3(PO4)2 (rich in flux) ~10 °C min−1
E4 M3—25wt.% Ca3(PO4)2 (rich in flux) Slow cooling (1 °C min−1)
E5 M3—25wt.% Ca3(PO4)2 (rich in flux) Quenching in air
E6 Starting: M3 25wt.% Ca3(PO4)2 (rich in flux)
After firing 4 h: solute was added to achieve stoichiometric mixture		 Quenching in air (after changing the composition ‘in situ’ at 1,100 °C)