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. 2022 Nov 17;7(48):43992–43999. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05386

Table 1. Percentage of Mineral Phase Composition Obtained by X-ray Diffraction, Intraskeletal Material (Structured Water and Organic Matrix) Content Obtained by Thermogravimetric Analyses and Particle Size of Bleached Mussel Shell (A), Nacre (B), Prismatic Layer and Myostracum (C), and Isolated Prismatic Layer (D).

sample calcite (%) aragonite (%) intraskeletal materiala (%) D90b (μm)
A 27.7 ± 0.3 72.3 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.3  
B   100 1.42 ± 0.02 13.76 ± 0.05
C 97.3 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.1  
D 100   0.041 ± 0.001 9.402 ± 0.037
a

The temperature range considered to estimate the content of intraskeletal organic material was between 150 and 450 °C.

b

D90 indicates that 90% of particles have a diameter below the reported value.