The Mechanical Design of Nacre
The Mechanical Design of Nacre
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London: The Royal Society
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English
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London: The Royal Society
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Mother-of-pearl (nacre) is a platelet-reinforced composite, highly filled with calcium carbonate (aragonite). The Young modulus, determined from beams of a span-to-depth ratio of no less than 15 (a necessary precaution), is of the order of 70 GPa (dry) and 60 GPa (wet), much higher than previously recorded values. These values can be derived from ‘...
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The Mechanical Design of Nacre
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TN_cdi_royalsociety_journals_10_1098_rspb_1988_0056
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_royalsociety_journals_10_1098_rspb_1988_0056
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0962-8452,0080-4649
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1471-2954,2053-9193
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10.1098/rspb.1988.0056
