Effect of Polypropylene Fiber Addition on the Flexural Strength, Fracture Toughness, and Hardness of Heat-Polymerized Acrylic Resin
Effect of Polypropylene Fiber Addition on the Flexural Strength, Fracture Toughness, and Hardness of Heat-Polymerized Acrylic Resin
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聚丙烯纤维的添加对热聚合丙烯酸树脂弯曲强度、断裂韧性和硬度的影响
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2017
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通讯作者:
Mohamed I. Ebrahim
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作者:
Mohammed Fahmi;Mohamed I. Ebrahim
Purpose: Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) suffers from poor mechanical strength and far from ideal for maintaining the longevity of denture. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of polypropylene fiber powder with concentration 10% by weight of the acrylic resin polymer powder on the flexural strength, fracture toughness, and hardness of heat-polymerized acrylic resin. Materials and Methods: Polypropylene fiber powder with concentration 2% by weight of the acrylic resin polymer powder were incorporated into heat-cure acrylic resin (PMMA) and processed by proportion (2.5:1 Powder/monomer ratio then packing and finally water bath curing for 2 hours at 95 ̊C) to fabricate test specimens of PMMA of dimensions (65 mm length x 10 mm width x 2.5 mm thickness) were used for measuring flexural strength, fracture toughness, and (30 mm length x 10 mm width x 2.5 mm thickness) for measuring surface hardness were prepared according to International Standards Organization (ISO) Specification No.1567. PMMA without additives was prepared as a test control. This types of mechanical tests; flexural strength, fracture toughness and hardness were carried out on the samples. The recorded values of flexural strength in (MPa), fracture toughness in (MPa.m1/2), and hardness (VHN) were collected, tabulated and statistically analyzed. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s tests were used for testing the significance between the means of tested groups which are statistically significant when the P value ≤ 0.05. Results: Addition of polyethylene fiber to PMMA significantly increased the flexural strength, fracture toughness and hardness. Conclusion: These results indicate that polyethylene fiber added to PMMA has a potential as a reliable denture base material with increased flexural strength, fracture toughness, and hardness. According to the results of the present study, the best mechanical properties were achieved by adding polypropylene fiber powder with concentration 2 % by weight on acrylic resin polymer.
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5
作者:
GOLDBERG, AJ;BURSTONE, CJ
通讯作者:
BURSTONE, CJ