Sorption of antimony onto hydroxyapatite.

We prepared synthetic hydroxyapatite [HAP; Ca5(PO4)(3-x)(CO3)x(OH)(1+x) (x = 0.3)] and then investigated this material's ability to remove trivalent antimony [Sb(III)] from water. The HAP was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray energy dispersive spectrosc... View More