Table 4. Impedance parameters obtained for the two alloys immersed in the AS solutions with and without S. mutans species.
Alloy | Medium | Rs (Ω) | Q1 (CPE) | R1 (kΩ) | Q2 (CPE) | R2(Ω) | ||
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Yo1(Ω-1 cm-2 sn) | n1 | Yo2(Ω-1 cm-2 sn) | n2 | |||||
CoCr | Without S. mutans | 37.9± 10.35 | 3.25±0.57 (×10−5) | 0.891±0.025 | 5483± 1320 | – | – | – |
CoCr | With S. mutans | 31.99±2.46 | 0.52±0.14 (×10−5) | 0.973±0.025 | 7443± 2459 | 2.46±0.58 (×10−5) | 0.923±0.011 | 4411± 2169 |
NiCr | Without S. mutans | 66.23±40.50 | 5.37±0.74 (×10−5) | 0.854±0.015 | 2537± 326 | – | – | – |
NiCr | With S. mutans | 21.16±6.08 | 1.01±0.47 (×10−5) | 0.970±0.030 | 2710± 570 | 2.88±0.90 (×10−5) | 0.915±0.015 | 2440± 1234 |