“…This material was washed three times with H 2 O and dried at 150˚C overnight in a drying oven, DZ-54 (Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) to obtain Fe(III)-treated hydroxyapatites, HAP-300-Fe (Ca 6.27%, P 15.8%, Fe 28.15%, (Ca+Fe)/P = 1.29) and HAP-400-Fe (Ca 4.39%, P 17.76%, Fe 28.51%, (Ca+Fe)/P = 1.08), and Pb(II)-treated hydroxyapatites, HAP-300-Pb (Ca 24.24%, P 7.80%, Pb 27.09%, (Ca+Pb)/P = 2.92) and HAP-400-Pb (Ca 8.41%, P 5.83%, Pb 56.19%, (Ca+Pb)/P = 2.56). Chlorine element was not detected in the Fe(III)-treated apatites, and no strong IR absorptive band for NO 3 -stretching between 1520-1280 cm -1 was detected in Pb(II)-treated hydroxyapatites (referred to FIGURE 7 and the previous report 10 ). Specific surface area (see in Section 3.3) and X-ray diffraction patterns of these product materials (referred to FIGURE 1 as representative XRD patterns, HAP-300-Fe and HAP-300-Pb) were in good accordance with the previous report.…”