Characterization of a calcium phospho-silicated apatite with iron oxide inclusions

An iron oxide containing calcium phosphate–silicate hydroxyapatite was synthesized by calcination at 900 °C of a sample obtained by precipitation in basic aqueous solution of Ca, P, Si, Fe and Mg containing acidic solution made from dissolution of natural minerals. XRD and FTIR were used for crystallographic characterization of the main apatitic phase. Its composition was determined using ICP-AES. EDX coupled with SEM and TEM evidenced the heterogeneity of this compound and the existence of iron–magnesium oxide. Magnetic analyses highlighted that this phase was non-stoichiometric magnesioferrite (Mg1.2Fe1.8O3.9) spherical nanoparticles. Those analyses also put into evidence the role of calcination in synthesis. Carbonates detected by FTIR and estimated by SEM-EDX in non-calcinated sample were removed from apatitic structure, and crystallization of apatite was enhanced during heating. Moreover, there was phase segregation that led to magnesioferrite formation

Fission-track evidence for Late Triassic oceanic crust in the French Occidental Alps

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Thermal annealing of fission tracks in synthetic apatites

International audienceSynthetic analogues of poor-silicated natural apatites have been doped with uranium. These minerals have been irradiated with a thermal neutron dose in the aim to induce the 235U fission and to obtain a fission track population. Thermal annealing experiments have been performed on the fission track population and allow us to compare the ability of the synthetic minerals to anneal such nuclear damages with their natural analogues. The thermal of the fission tracks in the synthetic minerals need more time and/or higher temperature to reach the same annealing rate as in the natural analogues. The alpha damage present in the natural analogues seems to enhance the thermal annealing of fission tracks

Les phosphates de calcium d'origine animale, matériaux pour la dépollution et source de phosphore

Ce travail vise à montrer l'intérêt de valoriser des phosphates d'origine animale, après une étape de calcination qui produit des cendres minérales constituées essentiellement d'hydroxyapatite : Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2. Elles constituent une matière première renouvelable, riche en phosphore. Plusieurs voies de valorisations sont examinées. La première est la fabrication d'un acide phosphorique très pur, de pureté supérieure à celui produit industriellement à partir de phosphates géologiques. Les propriétés des hydroxyapatites font que ces cendres pourraient être utilisées comme des barrières chimiques pour fixer des éléments polluants contenus dans un sol, un effluent ou une nappe. L'étude de la fixation de divers éléments polluants a montré les grandes capacités de fixation de ces matériaux.Natural phosphorus sources are drastically decreasing, and it is necessary to find new phosphorus sources. Ashes obtained from calcination of bone meals are mainly hydroxyapatite: Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2. Thus, they can be used as phosphorus-rich raw material. Several valorization ways were evaluated. Bone ashes can be used for the synthesis of a pure phosphoric acid without metallic elements, mainly cadmium and uranium. Hydroxyapatite properties suggest that bone meals ashes can be used for remediation of soils, sludge, effluents and groundwater. Experiments with different metallic elements (Cr, Pb, La...) showed the high sorption properties of this material.AIX-MARSEILLE3-Bib. élec. (130559903) / SudocSudocFranceF

Evidence of the contrasted fission-track clock behavior of the apatites from In Ouzzal carbonatites (northwest Hoggar): The low-temperature thermal history of an Archean basement

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