Crystal structure of lanthanum-silicate co-substituted apatite obtained by the mechanochemical synthesis

Autor: Marina V. Chaikina, Svetlana V. Makarova, Natalia V. Bulina, L.A. Solovyov
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Materials Today: Proceedings. 12:61-65
ISSN: 2214-7853
Popis: This paper presents a structural study of lanthanum-silicate co-substituted apatites synthesized by the mechanochemical method. The compositions of the reaction mixtures were taken such that, theoretically, compounds containing equal concentrations of lanthanum and silicon could be formed. As a high degree of crystallinity is required to carry out the refinement of the crystal structure, the synthesized nanosized co-substituted apatites were annealed at 1200 °C. It was found that, in all annealed samples, the concentration of lanthanum is slightly higher than that of silicon. In the structure of the co-substituted apatites, lanthanum occupies both crystallographic positions of calcium with site 2 preference. It was found that the simultaneous replacement of calcium by lanthanum and phosphate by silicate results in an increase in the thermal stability of the compounds in comparison with unsubstituted hydroxyapatite
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