Research Article
Assessment of the Quality of Newly Formed Bone around Titanium Alloy Implants by Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Table 3
Main chemical bonding of each element and peak position (eV).
| Peak | Binding energy (eV) | Peak position |
| | Metal—O | 530-531 | O1s | Metal—POx, −OH | 531-532 | | C=O, C–O–C | 532-533 |
| | C–C, C–H | 284.8 |
C1s | C–O, C–N | 286 | | C=O | 287-288 | | O=C–O | 289 |
| | Ca | 346 | Ca2p 3/2 | CaO | 346-347 | | Ca10 (PO4)6 (OH)2 | 346-347 |
| | Metal—P | 129 |
P2p | Metal—POx | 133.5 | | P2O5 | 135 | | Ca10 (PO4)6 (OH)2 | 133–133.5 |
| | C–N, C=N, N–H | 398.5–401 | Nls | Metal–N | 396–398 | | NO | 401–403 |
| | Si | 99.4 | Si2p | SiOx, SiOC | 101–103 | | SiO2 | 103–103.6 |
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