Table 2.
Mean values ± standard deviation of the evaluated mechanical properties according to the ceramic material.
| Ceramic | Density (kg/m3) | Poisson ratio | Shear Modulus (GPa) | Young Modulus (GPa) | Fracture Toughness (MPa m1/2) |
True Hardness (KH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FD | 2.45 ± 0.004B | 0.15 ± 0.097A | 28.12 ± 1.99B | 64.57 ± 2.27B | 2.42 ± 0.25B | 4.09 ± 0.01B |
| LE | 2.45 ± 0.006B | 0.08 ± 0.031A | 23.74 ± 0.75C | 58.18 ± 1.67C | 2.47 ± 0.05B | 3.74 ± 0.09C |
| LD | 2.48 ± 0.012A | 0.22 ± 0.022A | 44.19 ± 0.86A | 96.14 ± 1.21A | 3.79 ± 0.13A | 4.87 ± 0.02A |
Different letters indicate statistically significant difference between ceramics for each physicomechanical property (ρ < 0.05).