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Data on the compressive properties of cancellous bone cubes with a large range of densities (relative densities compared with compact bone of 0.04–0.60) show that the exponent relating the Young's modulus to the density is close to quadratic and that it is improbable that the material Young's modulus of our specimens was less than 8 GPa, and was probably considerably higher.
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Hodgskinson, R., Currey, J.D. Young's modulus, density and material properties in cancellous bone over a large density range. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 3, 377–381 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705371
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