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. 2022 Aug 10;12(34):22302–22330. doi: 10.1039/d2ra03557j

Mineralogical composition of bone derived materialsa.

Component Cattle bone ash (wt%)14 Calcined bone powder (wt%)15 Cow bone char powder (wt%)23
CaO 43.26 52.45 49.80
SiO2 <0.01 1.34 0.89
Al2O3 <0.01 0.35 0.44
Fe2O3 <0.01 0.25
Na2O <0.01 1.6 0.96
MgO 0.54 1.3 0.78
K2O <0.01 0.3
MnO <0.01 <0.03
P2O5 44.67 36.85 32.90
SO3 0.08 0.41
TiO2 <0.01
Cl 0.4 0.11
C 1.00
LOI 2.36 1.2 13.13
a

LOI denotes the loss on ignition.