“…The material properties, elemental analysis, predictive molecular weight (Mw), and functional group contents (COOH, Ar-OH), were revealed in TABLE 1. 15 Hydroxyapatites, HAP-300 and HAP-400, which were synthesized from CaHPO 4 ·2H 2 O and CaCO 3 (Ca/P = 1.68, stoichiometric; containing 2.5 wt% CO 3 .) and from CaHPO 4 ·2H 2 O and NaOH (Ca/P = 1.38, calcium-deficient), 16,17 respectively, were supplied from Taihei Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. Iron (III) chloride hexahydrate FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O (purity 99.9%), lead (II) nitrate Pb(NO 3 ) 2 (purity 99.9%), and distilled water (H 2 O) were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan.…”