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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
XRD patterns for bovine-derived (a) and synthetic (b) HAp sintered ceramics at 1200 °C for 4 h after 24 h, 72 h and 144 h of exposure to simulated body fluid. Changes in Ca/P ratio (c) and crystallite size (d) obtained by Rietveld refinements.