The elemental SRXRF analysis and mineral composition of human salivary stones

Authors
Zelentsov, EL Moroz, TN Kolmogorov, YP Tolmachev, VE Dragun, GN Palchik, NA Grigorieva, TN
Citation
El. Zelentsov et al., The elemental SRXRF analysis and mineral composition of human salivary stones, NUCL INST A, 470(1-2), 2001, pp. 417-421
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
470
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
417 - 421
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20010901)470:1-2<417:TESAAM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
X-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation (SRXRF), X-ray powd er diffraction, and vibrational spectroscopy had been applied for determina tion of elemental and mineral composition of human salivary stones. By the X-ray powder diffraction analysis, the main constituents of salivary stones were found to be apatite and apatite plus whitlockite. The SRXRF method sh owed that Ca and P were the major elements, while other microelements such as Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, Sr, Pb were also detected. The Ca/P molar ratio rang ed from 1.39 to 2.35. These results were in agreement with the X-ray diffra ction and vibrational spectroscopy data. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.