“…Calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca–HA, Ca 10 (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 ) continues to attract much attention because of its numerous applications in the fields of biomaterial, − heterogeneous catalysis, − gas sensors, , and wastewater treatment, etc. , Thus, much work has been done on the synthesis of Ca–HA using different methods such as solid–solid reaction, , ultrasonic spray freeze–drying, or spray–drying techniques generating Ca–HA powder of controlled morphology, sol–gel technique, − precipitation in aqueous solution, − emulsion route, , microwave-assisted synthesis, synthesis under hydrothermal conditions, , or synthesis using templates, etc. , The precipitation of orthophosphate species by a calcium source in an aqueous solution seems to be the most general technique to prepare Ca–HA powder particles. By this route, water-soluble calcium sources such as calcium nitrate, calcium chloride, or calcium acetate are preferred because of the resulting homogeneity of the reaction medium.…”