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Modification of Collagen and Nylon Lattices by Resorcinol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

E. H. Shaw Jr.  and
Alton R. Christensen
E. H. Shaw Jr.
Affiliation:
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota
Alton R. Christensen
Affiliation:
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota
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Abstract

By soaking formalinized rat-tail tendons in 2 M resorcinol, the tendon lattice is expanded equatorially from an interplanar spacing of 11.7 Å to 14.5 Å, indicating a diameter of 7.2 Å for the spiral core of collagen. Resorcinol distorts the lattice of nylon (6:6), converting the normal triclinic cell to an orthorhombic cell whose a and b axes are approximately four times those of the original nylon and whose c axis is reduced from 17.2 to 16.5 Å.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 8: Thirteenth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 12-14, 1964 , 1964 , pp. 175 - 179
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1964

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