Table 3.

Temperature measured in resin based composite test specimens in 55 °C water bath at different dwell times (n = 25).

	Specimen designation
Specimen size	a 5 x 10 x 10 mm	b 10 x 10 x 10 mm	c 15 x 10 x 10 mm	d 15 x 10 x 10 mm
Thermocouple	Centre	Centre	Centre	2.5 mm from surface
Dwell time (s)
20	52.2 ± 0.14 °C	45.2 ± 0.37 °C	42.4 ± 0.44 °C	48.0 ± 1.01 °C
30	54.3 ± 0.08 °C	50.4 ± 0.20 °C	48.0 ± 0.14 °C	51.4 ± 0.10 °C
40	55.2 ± 0.02 °C	53.0 ± 0.63 °C	51.1 ± 0.23 °C	53.4 ± 0.14 °C
50	55.2 ± 0.11 °C	54.4 ± 0.17 °C	53.1 ± 0.32 °C	55.2 ± 0.14 °C
60	55.2 ± 0.14 °C	55.0 ± 0.07 °C	54.2 ± 0.10 °C	55.1 ± 0.17 °C