Abstract
Low-angle X-ray diffraction patterns have been recorded from the cornea. A fibre diagram was obtained: the reflections from the axial period of collagen were on the equator while reflections from the collagen fibril lattice structure were on the meridian. Only the reflections from tha array of collagen fibrils have been studied. These reflections contain a primary first-order reflection and up to four subsidiary maxima. The first-order reflection from the array provides an estimate of the interfibril separation distance. Evidence is presented that the subsidiary maxima are consistent with the intensity transform of a uniform cylinder with a constant radius. Values for the fibril diameters and the interfibril distances are obtained for corneas from rabbit, cow and frog and from corneas of two marine fishes: toadfish and skate. Although the volume fraction of the collagen fibrils cannot be directly evaluated, an upper limit can be given. Thus, an upper limit of 0.28 was obtained for rabbit cornea.
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