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SURPRISINGLY little attention has been paid to the way in which collagen and apatite, the major components of bone, combine to produce the mechanical properties shown by bone. These properties are not, in fact, what might be expected if the properties of collagen and apatite are the same in bone as they are when considered separately, in bulk.
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CURREY, J. Strength of Bone. Nature 195, 513–514 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195513a0
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