Greenwood C, Rogers K, Beckett S, Clement J. Bone mineral crystallisation kinetics.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2012;
23:2055-2060. [PMID:
22743865 DOI:
10.1007/s10856-012-4679-2]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
The kinetics of bone apatite crystallisation are examined using a novel approach to obtain quantitative, direction dependence features such as growth rate and activation energy. X-ray diffraction was employed for analysis of bovine, porcine and 'anorganic' bone specimens. Apatite coherence length was utilised as the independent variable within a Johnson-Mehl-Avrami (JMA) model. A direction averaged crystallisation activation energy of 183 ± 8 kJ mol(-1) was observed for the three bone groups. The Johnson-Mehl-Avrami 'n' exponent decreased with increasing temperature for all bone groups, indicating that apatite crystallisation changes to a diffusion limited process at higher temperatures. The results revealed little evidence to support any organic component 'protective' effect, and, on the contrary indicated that the organic matrix promotes apatite crystallisation.
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