title: Investigation of renal calculi as piezoelectric materials by using X-ray diffraction technique.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dhawan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sud
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*