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hydroxyapatite
[ hahy-drok-see-ap-uh-tahyt ]
/ haɪˌdrɒk siˈæp əˌtaɪt /
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noun
a mineral, Ca10(PO4)6OH2, that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
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How to use hydroxyapatite in a sentence
To assemble the artificial tooth enamel, the engineers made their own tightly aligned crystal hydroxyapatite nanowires and coated them with zirconium dioxide, an even stronger version of the magnesium amorphous material, Zhao writes.
This new synthetic tooth enamel is even harder than the real thing|Lauren J. Young|February 8, 2022|Popular-Science