Particle size analysis of amalgam powder and handpiece generated specimens

Dental Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 322-332

  Drummond, James L ^a   Hathorn, Robin M ^a   Cailas, Michael D ^b   Karuhn, Richard ^c  

^a Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Particle Technology Labs Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam powder; Particle size analysis

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENAMEL; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPEDANCE; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL WASTE; DENTIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0035409140     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(00)00090-7     Document Type: Article

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