Initial Mercury Evaporation from Amalgams Made with In-containing Commercial Alloys

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-174

  Nakajima, Hiroshi ^a   Lorenzana, Eduardo ^a   Ferracane, Jack L ^b   Okabe, Toru ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Indium; Mercury release

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DENTAL ALLOY; INDISPERSE; INDIUM; MERCURY; TYTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDILOY; SYNTHESIS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COPPER; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL AMALGAM; INDIUM; MERCURY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0030311145     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.15.168     Document Type: Article

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