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Efficiency of mechanical trituration of amalgam. II. Effects of some variables
Author(s) -
Darvell B. W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1981.tb03914.x
Subject(s) - amplitude , oscillation (cell signaling) , alloy , amalgam (chemistry) , mercury (programming language) , mathematics , materials science , chemistry , composite material , physics , computer science , optics , programming language , biochemistry , electrode
A bstract The performance criterion of “success time” has been used to study the effects of variations in the frequency and amplitude of oscillation, mercury content and the mass of the mix. A theoretical relationship for the dependence of success time on frequency and amplitude was found to be in satisfactory agreement with observation. A “power number” for describing amalgamators is proposed, although the success time for a given combination of machine, capsule, alloy, and such like remains the best measure of overall efficiency.