Bone is a complex heterogeneous composite material with organic and inorganic components. The inorganic component; bone mineral, is a poorly crystalline, non-stoichiometric form of calcium hydroxylapatite. A model for the ...

Bone is a complex composite material consisting of three main components: a mineral phase structurally similar to calcium hydroxyapatite (HAp), an organic matrix containing collagenous and non-collagenous proteins and, ...