Investigation of renal calculi as piezoelectric materials by using X-ray diffraction technique

R Agarwal; V R Singh; U Dhawan; V Singh; K C Nagpal; S P Sud

Investigation of renal calculi as piezoelectric materials by using X-ray diffraction technique

Biomed Mater Eng. 1991;1(3):149-54.

Authors

R Agarwal¹, V R Singh, U Dhawan, V Singh, K C Nagpal, S P Sud

Affiliation

¹ National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 1842512

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.

MeSH terms

Electrochemistry
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Humans
Kidney Calculi / chemistry*
Kidney Calculi / classification
X-Ray Diffraction / instrumentation
X-Ray Diffraction / methods*