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Small‐angle x‐ray scattering study of dispersed crystals from bone and tendon
Author(s) -
Wachtel Ellen,
Weiner Stephen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of bone and mineral research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.882
H-Index - 241
eISSN - 1523-4681
pISSN - 0884-0431
DOI - 10.1002/jbmr.5650091020
Subject(s) - scattering , tendon , small angle x ray scattering , x ray , mineralization (soil science) , materials science , crystallography , small angle scattering , optics , anatomy , chemistry , mineralogy , physics , biology , organic chemistry , nitrogen
A small‐angle x‐ray scattering study of dispersed crystals from rat bone and mineralized turkey tendon shows that the particles in both preparations have the same scattering behavior. The data are very similar to those reported by Fratzl et al. (13) for intact turkey tendon and are consistent with the crystals being plate shaped. These observations have important implications for understanding both the structure and mineralization processes of these tissues.