Computer simulation of elastic constants of hydroxyapatite and fluorapatite.
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This raw material is shown below as fluorapatite, though the exact composition may vary.
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The new research found that the fluorapatite layer formed in this way is only 6 nanometers thick.
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Fluorapatite then bonds with humans'teeth to form a hard, protective layer that wards off corrosion.
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These accumulate by carbonate fluorapatite percipitaion during early diagenisis in the upper few tens of centimeters of sediment.
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Some thought that fluoride simply changed the main mineral in enamel, hydroxyapatite, into a more-decay resistant material called fluorapatite.
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When added to water systems, fluoride reacts with a naturally occurring mineral, calcium phosphate, and produces a compound called fluorapatite.
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During digestion of apatite with sulfuric acid to make phosphoric acid, hydrogen fluoride is produced as a byproduct from any fluorapatite content.
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The organic component is made up of protein, lipids and citrate, whilst the inorganic component is made up of calcium hydroxylapatite and calcium fluorapatite.
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A form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine
Fluorapatite, often with the alternate spelling of fluoroapatite, is a mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3F (calcium halophosphate). Fluorapatite is a hard crystalline solid. ...
A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth
The tooth mineral hydroxyapatite can be converted into acid-resistant fluorapatite by brushing teeth with fluoride toothpaste or by drinking fluoridated water.
A fluorine-containing mineral that contributes strength to bone.