Table 1. Mean ± SD of Degree of conversion (DC%), Flexural strength (FS), Elastic modulus (EM), Hardness (KHN), Water sorption (Wsp), Solubility (Wsl) and translucency (TP).
Composite | DC% | FS (MPa) | EM (GPa) | KHN (kgf/cm2) | Wsp (mg/mm3) | Wsl (mg/mm3) | TP |
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E1 | 68.6 ± 3.4a | 83.3 ± 12.1 | 5.3 ± 1.2 | 67.2 ± 2.2a | 24.8 ± 0.5a | 2.8 ± 0.6a | 21.6 ± 1.5a |
E2 | 64.9 ± 1.3ab | 77.9 ± 9.7 | 5.2 ± 0.9 | 64.4 ± 3.3ab | 25.6 ± 0.9ab | 2.4 ± 0.1a | 12.7 ± 0.7b |
E3 | 66.9 ± 1.0a | 87.2 ± 6.9 | 5.3 ± 0.9 | 62.7 ± 2.1a,b | 25.0 ± 0.6ab | 3.0 ± 0.4a | 9.9 ± 1.1c |
E4 | 64.3 ± 1.5ab | 86.4 ± 15.5 | 4.9 ± 1.1 | 59.8 ± 2.5bc | 25.1 ± 0.4ab | 2.8 ± 0.3a | 6.0 ± 0.7d |
E5 | 60.6 ± 2.0b | 82.1 ± 8.8 | 4.6 ± 0.7 | 57.5 ± 2.9cd | 25.6 ± 0.6ab | 3.0 ± 0.2a | 2.3 ± 0.5e |
E6 | 51.0 ± 4.3c | 90.9 ± 7.9 | 5.1 ± 0.6 | 54.4 ± 1.9d | 26.1 ± 0.5b | 3.9 ± 0.5b | 0.7 ± 0.1f |
In each column, means followed by different lowercase letter are statistically different (Tukey's HSD, p<0.05).