Table 3.
Means±standard deviation for the water sorption and solubility of experimental sealers
| 20% | 40% | 60% | 80% | 100% | 120% | |
| Sorption (pg/mm3) | ||||||
| CaWO4 | 145.57±2.81* | 182.08±12.15* | 167.53±12.09* | 236.25±22.46* | 183.21±6.35* | 200.72±3.67* |
| YbF3 | 69.24±6.54 | 79.14±5.10* | 80.10±1.93* | 62.36±4.18 | 67.75±5.97 | 70.01±7.06 |
| BaSO4 | 60.84±7.21 | 54.52±2.67 | 51.73±2.41* | 52.36±2.48* | 51.26±5.87* | 45.20±11.26* |
| Solubility (µg/mm3) | ||||||
| CaWO4 | 105.18±10.45* | 151.18±25.53* | 157.14±10.96* | 180.79±31.50* | 200.10±11.92* | 264.95±11.63* |
| YbF3 | 15.42±1.83* | 14.00±3.08* | 9.96±0.64 | 8.16±1.12 | 10.71±1.61 | 11.83±1.93 |
| BaSO4 | 10.44±2.58 | 10.84±2.17 | 10.02±1.10 | 13.16±0.68 | 13.15±0.92 | 8.11±8.7 |
*
Statistical difference (p<0.05) against control group. Water soprtion and solubility of control group are 64.28±3.79 μg/mm3 and 9.93±2.20 μg/mm3, respectively