Investigation of renal calculi as piezoelectric materials by using X-ray diffraction technique.
The renal calculi are studied by using an X-ray diffractometer for different chemical composition of the stones. A new constituent, alpha-quartz, is confirmed to be present in the renal calculi which is responsible for piezoelectric property of such materials.
Agarwal
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National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India.
Singh
V R
VR
Dhawan
U
U
Singh
V
V
Nagpal
K C
KC
Sud
S P
SP
D004563:Electrochemistry; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*