MicroCT of sea urchin ossicles supplemented with microbeam diffraction

S. R. Stock*, K. I. Ignatiev, A. Veis, F. DeCarlo, J. D. Almer

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Abstract

Sea urchins employ as wide a range of composite reinforcement strategies as are seen in engineering composites. Besides tailoring reinforcement morphology and alignment to the functional demands of position, solid solution strengthening (high Mg calcite), inclusion toughening (macromolecules), functional gradients in mineral reinforcement morphology, composition and dimensions and mineral interface tailoring are other tactics important to achieving high toughness and high strength in sea urchin teeth. Teeth from different echinoid families illustrate combinations of reinforcement parameters and toughening mechanisms providing good functionality, a virtual probe of the available design space. This paper focuses on a multi-mode x-ray investigation of sea urchin teeth studied on scales approaching 1 urn in millimeter-sized samples, in particular mapping 3-D microarchitecture with synchrotron and laboratory microCT and mapping Ca1-xMgxCO3 crystal composition x and microstrain and crystallite size via microbeam diffraction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number02
Pages (from-to)11-20
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5535
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography IV - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: Aug 4 2004Aug 6 2004

Keywords

  • Calcite
  • MicroCT
  • Microbeam diffraction
  • Ossicles
  • Sea urchin
  • Synchrotron x-radiation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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