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Decrease of γ 1 lattice constant with time in dental silver amalgam
Author(s) -
JENSEN STIG JORGO
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1989.tb01462.x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , lattice constant , chemistry , lattice (music) , materials science , physics , optics , computer science , diffraction , acoustics , programming language
— As a measure of the mercury content of the γ 1 phase in dental silver amalgam, the lattice constant of this phase in different amalgams was determined at various times after trituration. The lattice constants of amalgams prepared from alloys with a high silver content have lower values and show a steeper decline with time than amalgams with a low Ag‐content. Therefore, since a higher lattice constant presumably is associated with increased mercury vapor, the mercury vapor emission from amalgams with a low Ag‐content probably is greater than from amalgams with a high Ag‐content, especially during the first weeks after trituration.