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Precipitation and precipitate transformation in the system sodium phosphate (pre-adjusted to pH 7.4)—calcium chloride (25°) was studied by means of radiometric analysis using45Ca and32P as tracers. Changes in the pH and the total concentrations of calcium and phosphate were followed during solid phase formation and the data were used to calculate composition changes of the precipitates and their supernatants. In all investigated systems two-step precipitation was observed, the precursor being more basic than the secondary precipitate. The composition of the latter was mostly within the range of the composition of octacalcium phosphate. The course of further chemical changes was dependent on the pH established during secondary precipitation. The heterogeneous exchange of the radionuclides between the solid phase and their supernatant solutions was also followed as a function of time. The results indicate that recrystallization through the mother liquid accompanied by composition changes is the dominant mechanism of equilibration of the solid phases.
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Despotović, R., Filipović-Vinceković, N. & Füredi-Milhofer, H. Precipitation of calcium phosphates from electrolyte solutions. Calc. Tis Res. 18, 13–26 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02546223
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