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. 1975 Dec 18;19(2):109-23.
doi: 10.1007/BF02563996.

Morphology and size-distribution of sound and acid-treated enamel crystallites

W L Jongebloed, I Molenaar, J Arends

Morphology and size-distribution of sound and acid-treated enamel crystallites

W L Jongebloed et al. Calcif Tissue Res. .

Abstract

Citric acid dissolves crystallites of enamel by initially etching out approximately hexagonal holes in the core of the crystallites, parallel to their long axis. Such acid-treatment influences the crystallite diameter only slightly since the distribution of the diameters of crystallites with a hollow core is not essentially different from those found in sound enamel. In both cases, the average diameter is 37 nm. Crystallites having a central defect and an outer diameter of about 40 nm are split into two parts of approximatley 15 nm in diameter following acid treatment. The central defect is caused exclusively by the acid and not by damage from the electron beam, nor by a combination of acid treatment and electron beam damage.

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