Mechanical properties of nacre and highly mineralized bone

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dc.contributor.authorCurrey, John D.
dc.contributor.authorZioupos, Peter
dc.contributor.authorPeter, Davies
dc.contributor.authorCasinos, Adrià
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-08T15:14:39Z
dc.date.available2020-07-08T15:14:39Z
dc.date.issued2001-01-07
dc.description.abstractWe compared the mechanical properties of ‘ordinary’ bovine bone, the highly mineralized bone of the rostrum of the whale Mesoplodon densirostris, and mother of pearl (nacre) of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. The rostrum and the nacre are similar in having very little organic material. However, the rostral bone is much weaker and more brittle than nacre, which in these properties is close to ordinary bone. The ability of nacre to outperform rostral bone is the result of its extremely well–ordered microstructure, with organic material forming a nearly continuous jacket round all the tiny aragonite plates, a design well adapted to produce toughness. In contrast, in the rostrum the organic material, mainly collagen, is poorly organized and discontinuous, allowing the mineral to join up to form, in effect, a brittle stony material.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationCurrey J, Zioupos P, Davies P, Casinos A. (2001) Mechanical properties of nacre and highly mineralized bone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 268, Issue 1462, January 2001, pp.107-111en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0962-8452
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1337
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15536
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherRoyal Societyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.titleMechanical properties of nacre and highly mineralized boneen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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