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. 2010 Nov 30;1(1):22–107. doi: 10.3390/jfb1010022

Table 1.

Existing calcium orthophosphates and their major properties [57,58].

Ca/P molar ratio Compound Formula Solubility at 25 °C, −log(Ks) Solubility at 25 °C, g/L pH stability range in aqueous solutions at 25 °C
0.5 Monocalcium phosphate monohydrate (MCPM) Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O 1.14 ~18 0.0–2.0
0.5 Monocalcium phosphate anhydrous (MCPA) Ca(H2PO4)2 1.14 ~17 [c]
1.0 Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD), mineral brushite CaHPO4·2H2O 6.59 ~0.088 2.0–6.0
1.0 Dicalcium phosphate anhydrous (DCPA), mineral monetite CaHPO4 6.90 ~0.048 [c]
1.33 Octacalcium phosphate (OCP) Ca8(HPO4)2(PO4)4·5H2O 96.6 ~0.0081 5.5–7.0
1.5 α-Tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) α-Ca3(PO4)2 25.5 ~0.0025 [a]
1.5 β-Tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) β-Ca3(PO4)2 28.9 ~0.0005 [a]
1.0–2.2 Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) CaxHy(PO4)z·nH2O, n = 3–4.5; 15–20% H2O [b] [b] ~5–12 [d]
1.5–1.67 Calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite (CDHA)[e] Ca10-x(HPO4)x(PO4)6-x(OH)2-x[f] (0 < x < 1) ~85.1 ~0.0094 6.5–9.5
1.67 Hydroxyapatite (HA, HAp or OHAp) Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 116.8 ~0.0003 9.5–12
1.67 Fluorapatite (FA or FAp) Ca10(PO4)6F2 120.0 ~0.0002 7–12
1.67 Oxyapatite (OA or OAp) Ca10(PO4)6O ~69 ~0.087 [a]
2.0 Tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP or TetCP), mineral hilgenstockite Ca4(PO4)2O 38–44 ~0.0007 [a]

[a] These compounds cannot be precipitated from aqueous solutions.

[b] Cannot be measured precisely. However, the following values were found: 25.7 ± 0.1 (pH = 7.40), 29.9 ± 0.1 (pH = 6.00), 32.7 ± 0.1 (pH = 5.28). The comparative extent of dissolution in acidic buffer is: ACP >> α-TCP >> β-TCP > CDHA >> HA > FA.

[c] Stable at temperatures above 100 °C.

[d] Always metastable.

[e] Occasionally CDHA is named as precipitated HA.

[f] In the case x = 1 (the boundary condition with Ca/P = 1.5), the chemical formula of CDHA looks as follows: Ca9(HPO4)(PO4)5(OH).