Synthesis and physicochemical study of nanocrystalline magnesium-containing calcium hydroxylapatites and chitosan

The interaction in the CaCl₂-MgCl₂-(NH₄)₂HPO₄-NH₃-H₂O and CaCl₂-MgCl₂-(NH₄)₂HPO₄-(C₆H₁₁NO₄) _n -NH₃-H₂O systems at 25°C has been investigated by the solubility (Tananaev’s residual concentration) method and by pH measurements. Magnesium-containing calcium hydroxylapatites with the general formula Mg _x Ca_{10 − x} (PO₄)₆(OH)₂ · nH₂O (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3; n = 6–7.3) and magnesium- and chitosan-containing calcium hydroxylapatites with the general formula Mg _x Ca_{10 − x} (PO₄)₆(OH)₂ · y(C₆H₁₁NO₄) · nH₂O (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3; y = 0.1, 0.3, 0.46; n = 6–8.3) have been isolated in the nanocrystalline state. The solids have been characterized by chemical and thermogravimetric analyses, X-ray diffraction, and IR spectroscopy.