Research Article

Bioinorganic Preparation of Hydroxyapatite and Rare Earth Substituted Hydroxyapatite for Biomaterials Applications

Table 2

Important factors calculated from the extracted data of the XRD test.

Prepared materialLattice parameterCrystallite size (nm)Lattice strain
a (Å)b (Å)c (Å)

HA9.44489.44486.829043.880.0030
Nd-Ce/HA9.34289.34286.805721.840.0064