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Article

Texture of the Freshwater Shells from the Unionidae Family Collected in the Czech Republic Investigated by X-ray and Neutron Diffraction

by
Monika Kučeráková
1,*,
Jan Rohlíček
2,
Stanislav Vratislav
1,
Markéta Jarošová
2,
Ladislav Kalvoda
1,
Dmitry Nikolayev
3,
Tatiana Lychagina
3 and
Karel Douda
4
1
Department of Solid State Engineering, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, 11519 Prague, Czech Republic
2
Department of Structure Analysis, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
3
Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
4
Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521 Prague, Czech Republic
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Crystals 2021, 11(12), 1483; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11121483
Submission received: 25 October 2021 / Revised: 18 November 2021 / Accepted: 27 November 2021 / Published: 30 November 2021
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Abstract

Bivalve shells exhibit extreme mechanical resistance despite using a minimal amount of material. The shells thus represent an inspiration and a source of information for environmental, geological, and engineering sciences. In this study, two species of freshwater shells from the Unionidae family, collected in the Czech Luznice River, were investigated with respect to their crystallographic preferred orientation by means of X-ray and neutron diffraction. The observed texture was found to be of a strongly uniaxial type, with the strength increasing along the shell growth direction. The c-axis of aragonite does not change during growth and its alignment remains perpendicular to the outer surface of the shell
Keywords: texture; Sinanodonta woodiana; Anodonta anatina; X-ray diffraction; neutron diffraction; TOF; preferred orientation; pole figure texture; Sinanodonta woodiana; Anodonta anatina; X-ray diffraction; neutron diffraction; TOF; preferred orientation; pole figure

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Kučeráková, M.; Rohlíček, J.; Vratislav, S.; Jarošová, M.; Kalvoda, L.; Nikolayev, D.; Lychagina, T.; Douda, K. Texture of the Freshwater Shells from the Unionidae Family Collected in the Czech Republic Investigated by X-ray and Neutron Diffraction. Crystals 2021, 11, 1483. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11121483

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Kučeráková M, Rohlíček J, Vratislav S, Jarošová M, Kalvoda L, Nikolayev D, Lychagina T, Douda K. Texture of the Freshwater Shells from the Unionidae Family Collected in the Czech Republic Investigated by X-ray and Neutron Diffraction. Crystals. 2021; 11(12):1483. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11121483

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Kučeráková, Monika, Jan Rohlíček, Stanislav Vratislav, Markéta Jarošová, Ladislav Kalvoda, Dmitry Nikolayev, Tatiana Lychagina, and Karel Douda. 2021. "Texture of the Freshwater Shells from the Unionidae Family Collected in the Czech Republic Investigated by X-ray and Neutron Diffraction" Crystals 11, no. 12: 1483. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11121483

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Kučeráková, M., Rohlíček, J., Vratislav, S., Jarošová, M., Kalvoda, L., Nikolayev, D., Lychagina, T., & Douda, K. (2021). Texture of the Freshwater Shells from the Unionidae Family Collected in the Czech Republic Investigated by X-ray and Neutron Diffraction. Crystals, 11(12), 1483. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11121483

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