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Published in final edited form as: Dent Mater. 2007 Nov 28;24(6):824–831. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.10.003

Table 1.

Comparison of solubility of different initiator components in water and monomer

Initiator Components	Abbreviation	Solubility in water	Solubility in BisGMA/HEMA (60/40)

Camphorquinone	CQ	~0.7 mg/g	> 10 mg/g

2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate	DMAEMA	>10 mg/g	> 10 mg/g

Ethyl-4-(dimethylamino) benzoate	4E	<0.5 mg/g	> 10 mg/g

Diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate	DPIHP	~5 mg/g	~5 mg/g