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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dent Mater. 2014 Mar 29;30(5):e112–e123. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2014.02.014

Table 1.

Edge chip results for the feldspathic porcelain.a

Material Indenterb Distance range (mm) N Edge toughness Te, slope of linear Eq. (1) (N/mm) Power law Eq. (2)
Feldspathic porcelain small bend bars 90° SC 0–0.50 25 89 (6) F = 114 d1.25
100° SC 0–0.50 25 116 (8) F = 214 d1.67
120° SC 0–0.50 26 138 (5) F = 168 d1.20
140° SC 0–0.50 25 223 (14) F = 279 d1.23
Feldspathic porcelain Large blocks 120° SC 0–0.60 35 164 (10) F = 238 d1.46
Rockwell C 0–0.60 27 327 (25) F = 284 d0.80
Vickers 0–0.60 31 224 (12) F = 370 d1.55
a

Uncertainties are ± one standard deviation.

b

SC denotes sharp conical.