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From: Evaluation of ethylene oxide, gamma radiation, dry heat and autoclave sterilization processes on extracellular matrix of biomaterial dental scaffolds

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(a) Measures at Bruker AXS equipment details the expected angles of the x-ray bean diffraction, CIFs obtained from ICSD—https://icsd.products.fiz-karlsruhe.de/), treated at Topas 4.2 also from Bruker, and plotted using Origin 2015. As it is a complex multi-atomic molecular structure, several angles are represented, but with higher incidence on angles near 26, 32–33, and 40 degrees, the reminiscence of angles positions means no molecular arrangement modification was detected. (b) XRF’s data obtained at Bruker’s S2 Ranger equipment the graphic was generated at Excel 2013—the sterilization methods present different effects on the composition balance (Ca/P), indicating GD3 (EO) affects more the Ca portion of Hydroxyapatite and GD2 (DH) interacts more intensively with P portion.

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