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Compressive stress-strain properties of an elastic ligament of a bivalve, Pseudocardium sachalinensis were investigated in the swollen state in water. The ligament is a calcified tissue, composed of calcium carbonate and insoluble protein which is rich in methionine S-oxide residue [Kikuchi, Y. and Tamiya, N., J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 89, 1975-1976 (1981)]. X-ray diffraction study showed that calcium carbonate existed only in orthorhombic aragonite form, and that all the crystal c-axes of the unit cell orientate nearly in the growing direction of the ligament. The uniaxial compression modulus for the growing direction was appreciably larger than those for the other two directions, while the anisotropy of the modulus was absent for a decalcified ligament. Thus the mechanical anisotropy of the ligament could be explained by means of the uniaxially oriented structure of aragonite crystals being dispersed in a nearly isotropic protein matrix.
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