Porosities and pore sizes in coralline calcium carbonate

Materials Characterization

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1522-1525

  Laine, Jorge ^a   Labady, Mary ^a   Albornoz, Alberto ^a   Yunes, Simon ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bone graft substitute; Calcium carbonate; Corals; Pore size; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCIUM; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MERCURY (METAL); POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTE; BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTES; BONE GRAFTING; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORALS; HIGH POROSITY; LOW POROSITY; MERCURY INTRUSION; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; PORE DIAMETERS; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PORITES; SURGICAL APPLICATIONS;

POROSITY;

EID: 49949093083     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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