A comparison of the mechanical properties of a gallium-based alloy with a spherical high-copper amalgam

Dental Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 142-148

  Shaini, F J ^a,b   Fleming, G J P ^a   Shortall, A C C ^a   Marquis, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Gallium based alloy; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DENTAL ALLOY; GALLIUM; GALLOY; TYTIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORROSION; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PLIABILITY; POROSITY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COPPER; CORROSION; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL AMALGAM; ELASTICITY; GALLIUM; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PLIABILITY; POROSITY; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0035293406     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(00)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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