Table 1.
Major elemental composition of mineral trioxide aggregate angelus, Biodentine, Theracal LC, Apacal ART and Endocem mineral trioxide aggregate on energy dispersive X-Ray analysis
| Element | Weight (%) concentration | ||||
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| MTA angelus | Biodentine | Theracal LC | Apacal ART | Endocem MTA | |
| Calcium | 38.51 | 42.59 | 27.51 | 22.02 | 31.24 |
| Carbon | 10.30 | 14.04 | 8.30 | 2.78 | 6.06 |
| Silicon | 8.60 | 1.41 | 6.93 | 2.65 | 11.45 |
| Phosphorus | 1.00 | 0.15 | 5.63 | 0.15 | |
| Chlorine | 6.06 | ||||
| Oxygen | 29.63 | 34.28 | 55.63 | 58.12 | 32.22 |
| Aluminium | 0.92 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 1.88 | |
| Bismuth | 11.93 | 19.95 | |||
| Barium | 1.33 | 6.51 | |||
MTA: Mineral trioxide aggregate