OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible mode of action of a dentifrice containing 8% arginine and calcium carbonate (Pro-Argin Technology), and sodium monofluorophosphate in delivering the benefits of preventing acid erosion and rehardening acid-softened enamel. METHODS The surfaces of acid-softened bovine enamel specimens were evaluated after application of a dentifrice containing 8% arginine,...

Fibers can enhance self-healing of concrete by restricting crack propagation and supplying nucleation sites in cracks. To further improve the effect fiber concrete, a new strategy modification for is proposed herein. In this study, polypropylene (PP) fibers were coated with nano calcium carbonate as seedings ethyl cellulose film protective layer. The layer inhibit interactions cement matrix bef...

Fluoride in aquatic systems is increasing due to anthropogenic pollution, but little is known about how this fluoride affects organisms that live in and around aquatic habitats. Fluoride can bioaccumulate in structures comprised of calcium carbonate, such as shells and skeletons of both freshwater and saltwater species as diverse as snails, corals, and coccolithophorid algae. In this article, i...

By Christopher Mark Gribble Surface adsorption and pore-level properties of mineral and related systems of relevance to the recycling of paper. There is a significant problem for the paper recycling industry known as "stickies". "Stickies" are tacky species, present in recycled paper and coated broke, derived from coating fommlations, adhesives, etc. They impact negatively on paper quality and ...

droxide by calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate dosage ranged from 3 to 6 g/day. They found that low-calcium dialysate induces a negative calcium balance during hemodialysis (HD) with a worsening of SHPTH and concluded that a change in the current policy of the treatment of renal osteodistrophy can be necessary to prevent these alterations. For 1 yr, we studied the effect oflow-calcium dial...

In the present article, we disclose shock wave induced crystallographic switchable phase transition of calcium carbonate nano particles (CaCO3 NPs). The observed profiles powder X-ray diffraction reveal that CaCO3 NPs undergoes transitions in sequential order from Calcite-I to Calcite-II and Calcite-III at 50 100 shocks, respectively. Interestingly, reversible have been 150 200 shocked conditio...

Scleractinian coral skeletons are made mainly of calcium carbonate in the form of aragonite. The mineral deposition occurs in a biological confined environment, but it is still a theme of discussion to what extent the calcification occurs under biological or environmental control. Hence, the shape, size and organization of skeletal crystals from the cellular level through the colony architectur...

Previous experiments have proved that thermodynamically unstable calcium carbonate vaterite can exist for long periods in the yolk sac of a pigeon embryo. The aim of this article was to demonstrate the effect of in vitro mineralization of yolk sac fluid on calcium carbonate by direct precipitation. Experiments were conducted using pigeon yolk sac fluid and using lecithin extracted from pigeon y...

In our work, the influence of coordination environment Ca atom states in biomimetic mineralizing composite dental materials integrated with tissue was investigated. Biomimetic composites as well natural samples were investigated using synchrotron X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. Energy studies revealed a number important features related to different type calcium envir...

An experimental model that allowed differentiation between endogenously and exogenously derived urinary oxalate was used to assess the effect of different forms and doses of ingested calcium on oxalate absorption and excretion. In replication 1 (R-1), subjects participated in three oxalate load (OL) tests: baseline (OL alone), calcium carbonate (OL with concomitant calcium carbonate ingestion),...