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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2016 Oct 13;48:499–520. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.10.020

Table 1.

Quantification of surface elemental composition (at%) from EDS analysis of points 1, 3, 5, and 7 (i.e., intermetallic phases in ZSr41A-D, respectively) and corresponding Zn/Sr at% ratio.

Point (Alloy) Mg C O Zn Sr Ca Zn/Sr
1 (ZSr41A) 59.9 22.8 11.7 1.4 3.6 0.6 0.4
3 (ZSr41B) 70.7 15.3 1.7 7.5 4.7 0.1 1.6
5 (ZSr41C) 75.1 15.4 1.0 4.1 4.4 0.1 0.9
7 (ZSr41D) 70.2 18.0 1.3 6.5 3.9 0.1 1.7