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@The dissolution rates of natural fluorapatite (FAP), Ca10(PO4)6F2, were measured at 25Ž in mixed-flow reactions
as a function of pH from 3.0 to 11.7, and aqueous calcium, phosphorus,
and fluoride concentration. After an initial preferential Ca and/or
F release, stoichiometric Ca, P, and F release was observed. Measured
FAP dissolution rates decrease with increasing pH at 3…pH…7, FAP
dissolution rates are pH independent at 7…pH…10, and FAP dissolution
rates again decrease with increasing pH at pH†10. Measured FAP
dissolution rates are independent of aqueous Ca, P, and F concentration
at pHà3 and pHà10.
@Apatite dissolution appears to be initiated by the relatively
rapid removal from the near surface of F and the Ca located in
the M1 sites, via proton for Ca exchange reactions. Dissolution
rates are controlled by the destruction of this F and Ca depleted
surface layer. The destruction of this layer is facilitated by
the adsorption/penetration of protons into the surface at acidic
conditions, and by surface hydration at neutral and basic conditions.
Taking into account these two parallel mechanisms, measured fluoapatite
forward dissolution rates can be accurately described using
@r+(mol m-2 s-1) =
6.61~10 -6kaH+Kads^i1 + aH+Kex
+ aCa2+4aF-1.4aOH-0.6/aH+6Kexjl
+ 3.69~10-8‚P [ßCaOH2+]0.6}0.1
where ai refers to the activity of the ith
aqueous species, [ßCaOH2+] denotes
the concentration of hydrated calcium sites at the surface of
the leached layer (mol m-2), and Kex
and Kads stand for the apparent stability
constants of the Ca2+/H+ exchange and adsorption/penetration
reactions, respectively.x
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical considerations
3. Materials and methods
@3.1. Fluorapatite samples
@3.2. Dissolution rates measurements
4. Results
@4.1. Stoichiometry of fluorapatite dissolution
@4.2. pH dependence of fluorapatite dissolution rates
@4.3. The effect of solution composition on fluorapatite dissolution
rates
5. The fluorapatite dissolution mechanism
@5.1. Neutral and basic solutions
@5.2. Acidic solutions
6. Concluding remarks
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