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Bovine serum albumin; sucrose; calcium carbonate; biomineralization; mechanism.

To understand the role of the sucrose/bovine serum albumin system in the biomineralization process, we have tested the influence of different concentration of the sucrose/bovine serum albumin (BSA) on calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) precipitation. The CaCO₃ crystals were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrograph (FT-IR) and powder X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The possible formation mechanism of CaCO₃ in the sucrose/bovine serum albumin system was discussed.

Cheng-Li Yao¹ Wang-Hua Xu² Ai-Min Ding¹ Jin-Mao Zhu¹

1. Department of Chemistry, Hefei Teachers College, Hefei, Anhui 230061, China
2. Department of Chemistry, Anqing Teachers College, Anqing, Anhui 246011, China

Published

January 2009

Manuscript received

19 July 2008

Manuscript revised

2 September 2008