Table 2 Quantification of the surface chemical elements of the different BC polymers by EDX
EDAX ZAF Quantification (Standardless) | ||||||
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Element normalized | ||||||
SKC Table: Default | ||||||
Without osteoblasts | With osteoblasts | |||||
Element | Wt % | At % | Element | Wt % | At % | |
BC | C K | 44.28 | 53.71 | C K | 30.31 | 42.98 |
N K | 2.87 | 2.99 | N K | 6.38 | 7.76 | |
O K | 46.73 | 42.55 | O K | 33.36 | 35.52 | |
P K | 0.00 | 0.00 | P K | 8.07 | 4.44 | |
Na K | 0.35 | 0.22 | Na K | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Au K | 5.48 | 0.04 | Au K | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Cl K | 0.29 | 0.003 | Cl K | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Ca K | 0.00 | 0.00 | Ca K | 21.88 | 9.30 | |
Total | 100% | 100% | ||||
Element | Wt % | At % | Element | Wt % | At % | |
BC-50%HA | C K | 38.58 | 64.07 | C K | 4.67 | 11.76 |
O K | 19.15 | 23.89 | O K | 25.01 | 46.87 | |
Na K | 3.00 | 2.60 | Na K | 2.18 | 2.84 | |
P K | 1.13 | 0.73 | P K | 11.65 | 11.28 | |
Au K | 27.29 | 2.76 | Au K | 25.45 | 3.87 | |
Cl K | 8.55 | 4.81 | Cl K | 2.55 | 2.16 | |
K K | 0.73 | 0.37 | K K | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Ca K | 1.54 | 0.78 | Ca K | 28.49 | 21.31 | |
Total | 100% | 100% | ||||
Element | Wt % | At % | Element | Wt % | At % | |
BC-0.3%HA | C K | 46.09 | 68.54 | C K | 13.87 | 32.64 |
O K | 20.47 | 22.85 | O K | 21.50 | 37.99 | |
Na K | 2.60 | 2.02 | Na K | 3.36 | 4.13 | |
P K | 0.67 | 0.39 | P K | 6.09 | 5.56 | |
Au K | 21.44 | 1.95 | Au K | 34.92 | 5.01 | |
Cl K | 6.24 | 3.14 | Cl K | 4.02 | 3.20 | |
K K | 1.03 | 0.47 | K K | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Ca K | 1.45 | 0.65 | Ca K | 16.25 | 11.46 | |
Total | 100% | 100% | Total | 100% | 100% | |