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Mechanism for the Exchange of the Calcium in Bone Mineral

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THE exchange of the calcium in bone mineral with radio active calcium and other bivalent metals has been studied in living animals1 and in vitro2, and various physical processes which lead to exchange have been suggested3. Little attention has, however, been paid to the process of exchange itself—that is, the chemical reaction by which the calcium on the surface of bone mineral is replaced by radioactive calcium or other metals.

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SAMACHSON, J. Mechanism for the Exchange of the Calcium in Bone Mineral. Nature 216, 193–194 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216193a0

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