Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1491803 | Materials Research Bulletin | 2008 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Mn-doped β-tricalcium phosphate was prepared by solid state reaction at 1100 °C. The crystal structure of Ca2.85Mn0.15(PO4)2, was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction and found to be rhombohedral, R3c. Unit cell parameters are: a = 10.3419(3); c = 37.025(3) Å (hexagonal setting), Z = 21. Structure refinement data show that from the five Ca positions the Ca(4) site is only half filled and that the Mn2+ ions occupy the hexacoordinated Ca(5) site solely. EPR spectroscopy reveals that manganese in solid solutions Ca3−xMnx(PO4)2 (x = 0.1; 0.28; 0.6) is divalent and supports the structure refinement results that Mn occupies the Ca(5) site with a geometry very near to a regular octahedron.
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Authors
I. Mayer, S. Cohen, S. Gdalya, O. Burghaus, D. Reinen,