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- Title
Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Study of the Structure and Crystallography of the Barnacle Balanus amphitrite.
- Authors
Lewis, Alexis; Burden, Daniel; Wahl, Kathryn; Everett, Richard
- Abstract
This work presents novel mapping of the structure and crystallography of the shell of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite. Calcium carbonate in the form of hexagonal calcite was observed, with fine crystallites on the order of 1 μm in diameter forming clusters of similar orientation. While no apparent preferred orientation was measured in the parietal shell cross section, the base plate shell cross section revealed a preference for the alignment of the 〈0001〉 direction at the exterior of the shell, rotating by 90° toward the center of the base plate cross-section. These maps will be used to construct image-based models of the barnacle shell for further study of mechanical response.
- Subjects
ELECTRON backscattering; ELECTRON diffraction; CRYSTAL structure; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BALANUS amphitrite; CALCIUM carbonate
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2014, Vol 66, Issue 1, p143
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-013-0793-y