Identification of Trace Elements in Bovine Metacarpus Bone by Spectro Chemical Analysis

Bone is highly organized material from the grossmacroscopic to the molecular level. Bone is natural compositematerial, which by weight contains about 60% mineral, 30% matrixand 10% water. Spectro chemical method is described for thedetermination of major, minor and trace elements in animal bone. Inthe present study we analyse bovine metacarpus bone sample byspectro chemical analysis using Jerrel ash plane grating spectrographand we find out major and minor constituents present in it. Analyticalmethods are described for the determination of major, minor, and traceelements in bone. V, Ca, Mo, Pb, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mg, Al, P are identifiedin the bovine metacarpus bone as major trace elements and the 16elements are identified as minor trace elements i.e., Os, Sc, Y, K, Mn,La, Cd, Pd, Ru, Na, Sn, Pt, Bi, As, Si and Co. It is interesting to notethat very low amount of trace elements have been shown to beessential to the growth of animal bone