Mechanochemical Synthesis of Fluorapatite-Zinc Oxide (FAp-ZnO) Composite Nanopowders

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left" rowspan="2">Sample</td><td align="center" colspan="6">Lattice parameters</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center"><i>a</i>-Axis (Å)</td><td align="center"><i>c</i>-Axis (Å)</td><td align="center"><i>V</i> (Å<sup>3</sup>)</td><td align="center">Δ<i>a</i> (Å)</td><td align="center">Δ<i>c</i> (Å)</td><td align="center">Δ<i>V</i> (Å<sup>3</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">FAp</td><td align="center">9.373</td><td align="center">6.884</td><td align="center">1565.778</td><td align="center">+0.005</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">+1.514</td></tr><tr><td align="left">FAp-ZnO</td><td align="center">9.379</td><td align="center">6.886</td><td align="center">1568.239</td><td align="center">+0.011</td><td align="center">+0.002</td><td align="center">+3.975</td></tr><tr><td align="left">JCPDS</td><td align="center">9.368</td><td align="center">6.884</td><td align="center">1564.264</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">—</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Lattice parameters and their variations for single-phase FAp and FAp-ZnO composite nanopowders in comparison with the standard FAp (JCPDS#15–0876).

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Table 2: Mechanochemical Synthesis of Fluorapatite-Zinc Oxide (FAp-ZnO) Composite Nanopowders 