The mechanical properties of luting agents are determined by the mixing ratio of powder and liquid. The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the therapeutic range of zinc carboxylate cements by investigating the mechanical properties of such cements when formulated using erroneous powder/liquid ratios. Using the recommended powder/liquid ratio as a standard, four different mixing rati...

Vickers microhardness tests were used to gauge the mechanical "competence" (ability to resist bending and failure) of cortical and trabecular bone along the humeri of three bird species. Hardness was greatest at the mid-length portion of the shaft. The mean hardness of trabeculae, where present, was between 78.7 and 90.9% of that of the adjacent cortical bone. The possible causes of this are br...

Semi organic nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal L-Lysine 4-nitrophenolate (LLPNP) monohydrate was grown by slow evaporation technique. The grown LLPNP crystal was subjected to single crystal X-ray diffraction. Solubility of the LLPNP was carried out for different temperature. Thermal stability of the grown material was carried out by TG/DTA analysis. The hardness of the material was found by Vicke...

In the present study, the effects of the boriding process on adhesion and tribological properties of AISI 310 steel were investigated. Boriding was performed in a solid medium consisting of Ekabor-II powders at 1123 and 1323K for 2 and 6 h. The boride layer was characterized by optical microscopy, the X-ray diffraction technique and the micro-Vickers hardness tester. The X-ray diffraction analy...

OBJECTIVES Electron beam irradiation can be used to influence the mechanical properties of polymers. It was the aim of this study to investigate whether dental composites can benefit from irradiation in order to achieve increased fracture toughness, work of fracture, hardness or less wear. METHODS Two hundred rectangular specimens of five veneering composites were electron beam irradiated wit...

Microstructures and hardness of Mo heater chips brazed with Au–18mass%Ni were investigated. The reaction layer of Mo–Ni compounds forms at the brazed interface. Spherical MoNi compounds form initially, and they change columnar ones with increasing brazing time. The reaction layer grows abruptly when the brazing time is more than 5 minutes with the brazing temperature range from 930 C to 970 C. ...

M. Mihaliková, A. Lišková, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia The aim of this experimental research was to perform an analysis of deformation characteristics on two different types of steel: IF steel, and micro-alloyed steel were used automotive industry. For that purpose changes of properties of these materials were carried out by static 10-3 · s-1 and dynamic 103 ...