Mechanical properties of nacre and highly mineralized bone

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1462, 2001, Pages 107-111

  Currey, J D ^a   Zioupos, P ^a   Davies, P ^a   Casinos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Fatigue; Mechanical properties; Mineralization; Nacre

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDNESS; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CETACEA; MARGARITIFERA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE; MALE; OYSTERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WHALES;

EID: 0035819314     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1337     Document Type: Article

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