Setting reactions in dental amalgam Part 1. Phases and microstructures between one hour and one week

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-22

  Mitchell, R J ^a   Okabe, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam; intermetallic compounds; metal matrix composites; metallurgical microstructure

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; COPPER; MERCURY; PALLADIUM; SILVER; TIN; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029886271     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411960070010101     Document Type: Review

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