Basic life sciences.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Plenum Press.
Frequency: Annual
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:1973 - 1999
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0090-5542 (Print) 0090-5542 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0360077 |
| (DNLM): | B01180000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01780776 |
| Classification: | W3 BA255 |
Neutron anatomy. The familiar extremes of crystalline material are single-crystals and random powders. In between these two extremes are polycrystalline aggregates, not randomly arranged but possessing some preferred orientation and this is the form taken by constructional materials, be they steel girders or the bones of a human or animal skeleton. The details of the preferred orientation determine the ability of the material to withstand stress in any direction. In the case of bone the crucial factor is the orientation of the c-axes of the mineral content-the crystals of the hexagonal hydroxyapatite- and this...