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THE study of diffuse scattering of X-rays at low angles has been used for evaluating the size of crystallites and of particles1. We have applied this technique to bone tissue in order to study the arrangement of hydroxylapatite crystallites in this structure.
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ENGSTRÖM, A., FINEAN, J. Low-angle X-Ray Diffraction of Bone. Nature 171, 564 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171564b0
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