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Yüksel Ozdemir1, Yusuf Ziya Bayindir, Doğan Durna
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. yozdemir25@yahoo.com
Abstract:
This work relates to the measurement of calcium, potassium, manganese and sodium levels in adult-human teeth from female and male patients and normal subjects. Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) technique was used for the measurements. Pathological and non-pathological adult-human teeth samples were collected from one male human patient and one female human patient who attended the dental clinic. The standard addition method was used to determine concentrations. Experimental results are presented and discussed in this work.
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