Particle versus mercury removal efficiency of amalgam separators

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-58

  Drummond, James L ^a,b   Liu, Yuming ^b   Wu, Tung Yi ^a   Cailas, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam particles; Amalgam separators; Copper; Dental wastewater; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; COPPER DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENTAL CLINIC; DEVICE REMOVAL; LASER DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE WATER;

COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MERCURY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0038106448     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(02)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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