Table 4. Means and standard deviations of elastic modulus of the control and copolymer groups/GPa.
Test groups | Acrylic resins | |
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QC-20 | Acron MC | |
Control (100% PMMA) | 2.07±0.07 | 2.07±0.19 |
5% copolymer (5% AAm+95% PMMA) | 2.37±0.13 | 2.40±0.27 |
10% copolymer (10% AAm+90% PMMA) | 2.99±0.08* | 2.91±0.29* |
15% copolymer (15% AAm+85% PMMA) | 3.59±0.21* | 3.55±0.18* |
20% copolymer (20% AAm+80% PMMA) | 3.30±0.14* | 2.86±0.20* |
AAm, acrylamide monomer; PMMA, poly(methyl methacrylate).
*Symbol indicates significant differences between control and copolymer groups in each column (P<0.01).