Fracture toughness (KIc) of a dental porcelain determined by fractographic analysis

Dental Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 342-348

  Scherrer, S S ^a   Kelly, J Robert ^b,c   Quinn, G D ^c   Xu, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Fractography; Indentation; Indentation fracture; Indentation strength; KIc; Porcelain; Slow crack growth; Surface crack in flexure; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; IPS EMPRESS CERAMIC; IPS-EMPRESS CERAMIC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARE; ELASTICITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLIABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FRACTALS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; PLIABILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033186574     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(99)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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