Conclusions
The x-ray diffraction results indicate the following major features for the microdeformation of bone tissue. The total deformation in the elastic region is determined by the microdeformation of the mineral bone tissue component. The large yield of the mineral component indicates its relatively low elasticity modulus. The shape of the deformation curves for both dry and moist bone tissue is a factor of the combined deformation of the mineral and organic components. While the total deformation up to fracture in dry bone tissue is determined largely by microdeformation of the crystalline mineral phase, such behavior is found for moist bone tissue only in the first segment of the curve. Deformation in the second, more curved segment of the deformation curve is a factor largely of deformation of the organic bone-tissue component.
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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 3, pp. 530–535, May–June, 1983.
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Melnis, A.É., Kurzemnieks, A.K. Effect of moisture content on the microdeformation of compact bone tissue in tension. Mech Compos Mater 19, 399–403 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00604413
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