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Solid-state chemical methods to investigate the nature of calcified deposits

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Basics and application of three solid-state chemical techniques are presented that can be used to study calcified deposits, e. g., in atherosclerotic lesions: thermogravimetry (TG; giving the mineral content), X-ray diffractometry (XRD; identifying the mineral phase and giving its crystallinity), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (EXAFS; allowing one to identify amorphous phases that do not show up in X-ray diffractometry).

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  1. Solid State Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany, E-mail: matthias.epple@ruhr-uni-bochum.de, , , , , , DE

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Epple, M. Solid-state chemical methods to investigate the nature of calcified deposits. Z Kardiol 90 (Suppl 3), 64–67 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003920170045

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