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. 2011 Oct 20;146(2):272–280. doi: 10.1007/s12011-011-9233-4

Table 5.

Mass of particular elements of appliances, complete appliances, concentration of metal ions with/without appliance, coefficients β and γ

  Brackets (g) Bands (g) Wires (g) Complete appliance (g) Complete appliance (g/l) Exp (μg/l) Control (μg/l) β (μg/l) γ (%)
Si 0.0317 0.0185 0.0044 0.0546 2.18 4491 3793 698 3.198
Cr 0.4989 0.3297 0.1225 0.9512 38.05 101 8.18 92.82 0.024
Fe 1.9246 1.1116 0.4554 3.4915 139.66 2382 1107 1275 0.091
Ni 0.1855 0.1587 0.0540 0.3982 15.93 573 14.8 558.2 0.350
Mn 0.0000 0.0000 0.0064 0.0064 0.26 68 3.247 64.75 2.513