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Heat-induced Bone Diagenesis Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy.


ABSTRACT: Complementary vibrational spectroscopic techniques - infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) - were applied to the study of human bone burned under controlled conditions (400 to 1000?°C). This is an innovative way of tackling bone diagenesis upon burning, aiming at a quantitative evaluation of heat-induced dimensional changes allowing a reliable estimation of pre-burning skeletal dimensions. INS results allowed the concomitant observation of the hydroxyl libration (OHlibration), hydroxyl stretching (?(OH)) and (OHlibration?+??(OH)) combination modes, leading to an unambiguous assignment of these INS features to bioapatite and confirming hydroxylation of bone's inorganic matrix. The OHlib, ?(OH) and ?4(PO43-) bands were identified as spectral biomarkers, which displayed clear quantitative relationships with temperature revealing heat-induced changes in bone's H-bonding pattern during the burning process. These results will enable the routine use of FTIR-ATR (Fourier Transform Infrared-Attenuated Total Reflectance) for the analysis of burned skeletal remains, which will be of the utmost significance in forensic, bioanthropological and archaeological contexts.

SUBMITTER: Marques MPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206023 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Heat-induced Bone Diagenesis Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy.

Marques M P M MPM   Mamede A P AP   Vassalo A R AR   Makhoul C C   Cunha E E   Gonçalves D D   Parker S F SF   Batista de Carvalho L A E LAE  

Scientific reports 20181029 1


Complementary vibrational spectroscopic techniques - infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) - were applied to the study of human bone burned under controlled conditions (400 to 1000 °C). This is an innovative way of tackling bone diagenesis upon burning, aiming at a quantitative evaluation of heat-induced dimensional changes allowing a reliable estimation of pre-burning skeletal dimensions. INS results allowed the concomitant observation of the hydroxyl libration (OH<sub>libratio  ...[more]

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