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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2015 Feb 26;104(2):253–262. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33378

TABLE II.

Results of Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy for OM/AZ91 Samples After 0, 3, and 21 Days of Exposure to Osteogenic Media

Atomic % ± SD
0 Days
 3 Days
 21 Days
Element Total Light Cracked Total Total
O 1.5 ± 0.0 9.7 ± 0.4 61.7 ± 4.3 40.4 ± 3.3 70.6 ± 0.9
Mg 97.1 ± 0.1 83.6 ± 0.7 19.1 ± 7.3 46.8 ± 3.9 8.5 ± 1.6
Al 1.1 ± 0.0 5.8 ± 0.2 8.1 ± 0.5 6.9 ± 0.2 7.8 ± 0.1
P 0.8 ± 0.3 8.1 ± 1.7 4.4 ± 0.4 8.4 ± 0.4
Ca 0.2 ± 0.0 2.6 ± 1.0 1.3 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.4
Zn 0.1 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0

Atomic % values represent the mean % ± standard deviation (SD) for three independent samples at each time point.