Understanding the Crystallinity Indices Behavior of Burned Bones and Teeth by ATR-IR and XRD in the Presence of Bioapatite Mixed with Other Phosphate and Carbonate Phases

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A detailed comparison of different FT-IR curves collected for three different bioapatite specimens with the correspondent XRD patterns and relevant Rietveld phase evaluation. The distortions of ATR curves with respect to the conventional expected behavior are strictly related to the amount of β-TCP phase which was stimulated by the high-temperature treatment as it clearly emerges from XRD analyses.

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