X-ray diffraction studies of the crystallinity of bone mineral in newly synthesized and density fractionated bone

Calcif Tissue Int. 1983;35(2):202-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02405032.

Abstract

The crystallinity of bone mineral at different stages of maturation has been measured by quantitative X-ray diffraction methods. Crystallinity measurements were made on tibial mid-diaphyses from 17-day embryonic chicks, newly-formed periosteal bone from embryonic chicks, and density-fractionated bone from post-hatch chickens from 5 weeks to 2 years of age. For a given animal age and degree of mineralization, crystallinity increases with animal age, indicating that changes in bone mineral occur even after mineralization is complete or nearly complete.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Bone Development
  • Bone and Bones / analysis*
  • Chick Embryo
  • Chickens
  • Crystallization
  • Minerals / analysis*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Minerals