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A short review is given of the water in bone. Various analyses of bone water content are discussed, and its possible location is considered in relation to the behaviour of water in isolated components of bone. Some of the difficulties encountered in examining such microscopic phenomena as water structure in a heterogeneous system such as bone are also discussed.

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  1. P. A. Timmins

    Present address: Institut Laue-Langevin, 156X, 38042, Grenoble Cedex, France

  2. J. C. Wall

    Present address: Department of Human Kinetics, University of Guelph, NIG 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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  1. Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, UK

    P. A. Timmins

  2. Department of Engineering and Systems Technology, Polytechnic of Central London, 115 New Cavendish Street, W1M 8JS, London, UK

    J. C. Wall

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Timmins, P.A., Wall, J.C. Bone water. Calc. Tis Res. 23, 1–5 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012759

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