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work and literature deal almost extensively with Ca-phosphate-
based biomaterials [12].

Figure 1.2 The hydrated area of a Ca-aluminate-based material (white bar

= 50 nm).

Figure 1.3 HRTEM picture of hydrated Ca-aluminate (white bar = 10 nm).

These materials are often designed in combination with implants
with porosity or channels, into which the resorbable materials are
introduced. The resorbable materials are supposed to be exchanged
by new bone tissue. Therefore their mechanical properties are not