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. 2016 Mar 9;9(3):180. doi: 10.3390/ma9030180

Table 6.

Weibull statistics for flexural strength values of all measured groups. TM: test method; SP: specimen preparation; ZM: zirconia material; m: Weibull modulus; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; s: characteristical strength. All values are presented in MPa.

TM SP ZM m 95%CI (m) s 95%CI (s)
Biaxial before C a/A 11.2 a (8.7;14.4) a 791 A (768;814) A
Z a/B 9.0 a (6.9;11.6) a 940 A (906;975) C
D a/B 9.6 a (7.1;13.1) a 878 A (848;908) C
after C a/A 12.4 a (10.5;14.6) a,b 1120 B (1090;1152) B
Z a/A 12.8 a (10.7;15.2) b 1170 B (1139;1202) B
D a/B 7.3 a (5.4;9.8) a 1408 B (1346;1472) B
3-point before C a/A 8.5 a (7.0;10.4) a 795 A (764;827) A
Z a/A 7.3 a (5.7;9.5) a 804 A (768;841) B
D a/A 9.3 a (7.3;11.8) a 782 A (755;811) B
after C b/AB 16.5 b (14.1;19.1) b 1153 B (1129;1177) B
Z a/A 8.5 a (7.1;10.2) a,b 1097 B (1055;1142) A,B
D a/B 7.9 a (6.0;10.4) a 1255 B (1204:1308) B
4-point before C a/A 9.1 a (7.4;11.1) a 591 A (570;614) B
Z a/B 8.8 a (7.0;11.0) a 681 A (656;708) A
D a/B 7.1 a (5.8;8.6) a 679 A (648;712) A
after C a/A 8.4 a (6.4;11.1) a 923 B (888;959) A
Z a/A 5.1 a (3.9;6.7) a 1002 B (940;1069) A
D a/A 5.7 a (4.2;7.7) a 1023 B (965;1084) A

a,b,c significant differences for m-values; column ZM indicates significant difference between ZM within TM and SP; column m indicates significant difference between SP within TM and ZM; column 95% CI(m) indicates significant difference between TM within SP and ZM; A,B,C significant differences for s-values; column ZM indicates significant difference between ZM within TM and SP; column s indicates significant difference between SP within TM and ZM; column 95% CI (s) indicates significant difference between TM within SP and ZM.