The growth of calcium phosphates on seed materials, dicalcium PhosPhate dihydrate (DCPD), tricalcium phosphate (TCP), octacalcium phosphate (OCP), and hydroxyapatite (HAP) in stable supersaturated solutions has been studied under conditions of pH and concentration for which the predominant phases are 1, DCPD, and II, HAP. All seed crystals are good nucleators for DCPD in system I, but, aside from HAP itself, only OCP will readily induce growth under condition II.
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