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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841602203321

Titolo

Biomineralization [[electronic resource] ] : medical aspects of solubility / / [edited by] Erich Königsberger and LanChi Königsberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2006

ISBN

1-280-51928-2

9786610519286

0-470-09212-2

0-470-09211-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KönigsbergerErich

KönigsbergerLanChi

Disciplina

572.51

612.01524

612/.01524

Soggetti

Biomineralization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Solubility phenomena related to normal and pathological biomineralization processes / Erich Königsberger and LanChi Königsberger -- Mechanisms of renal and salivary calculi formation and development / Félix Grases and Antonia Costa-Bauzá -- Calcium and magnesium phosphates : normal and pathological mineralization / Clara F. Magalhães, Paula A.A.P. Marques, and Rui N. Correia -- Relevance of a polymer-induced liquid-precursor (PILP) mineralization process to normal and pathological biomineralization / Fairland F. Amos ... [et al.] -- Pathological biomineralization of iron / Wanida Chua-anusorn and Timothy G. St. Pierre.

Sommario/riassunto

This title takes an interdisciplinary approach to the central role of solubility in pathological biomineralisation, ranging from traditional thermodynamics and kinetics to unusual concepts such as the PILP process. The scientific background and expertise of the contributors, ranges accordingly from solubility modelling and database development, renal stone and bone implant research, Mössbauer spectroscopy and structural chemistry to biochemistry and



crystallisation. The chapters all have a quantitative, physico-chemical component rather than giving purely phenomenological descriptions. The con