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Latent heat of vaporization

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The amount of energy needed for transformation of a boiling liquid into vapour.

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Latent heat of fusion

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The amount of energy released when a liquid freezes.

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Melting temperature

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The amount of energy required for the transformation of solids into a liquid state.

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Sublimation

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The process in which some solids transform directly into a gas phase.

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Different types of bonds

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  1. Ionic bond (Gypsum, phosphate cements)
  2. Covalent bond (Dental resins)
  3. Metallic bond (Pure gold)
  4. Hydrogen bond (Water)
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Glass transition temperature

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The temperature at which there is an abrupt increase in the thermal expansion coefficient, indicating increased molecular mobility.

It is characteristic of a particular glassy structure.

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Cohesion

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Force of attraction between like molecules

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Adhesion

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Force of attraction between unlike molecules.

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Adhesive

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Material or film added to produce adhesion.

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Adherend

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The material to which an adhesive is applied.

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What property of a material affects adhesion most?

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Surface energy of the material

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Relation of surface energy of restorative materials to tooth

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Materials have greater surface energy than tooth

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How does difference in surface energy of materials and that of tooth affect behaviour of restorations?

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There is a greater tendency for the surface and margins of the restoration to accumulate debris with resultant high incidence of marginal caries.

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Hue

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The specific COLOUR produced by a specific wavelength of light. Describes the dominant colour of the object, eg. Red, green or blue.

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Value, aka

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Brilliance

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Value

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The lightness or darkness of an object.

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High value =

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light shade.

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Saturation, aka

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Chroma

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Chroma

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The amount of colour per unit area of an object (degree of saturation of a certain hue).

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Translucency

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The property of an object that permits the passage of light through it but does not give any distinguishable image.

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Metamerism

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The tendency of objects that appear to be colour matched under one type of light to appear different under another light source.

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Fluorescence

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The energy that a tooth absorbs is converted into light with longer wavelengths, and becomes a light source.

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What properties of teeth does fluorescence affect?

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  1. Brightness

2. Vital appearance.

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Benzold-brucke effect

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Change in colour due to change in brightness.

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Rheology
The study of matter flow characteristics. (Viscosity)
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Viscosity
Resistance to motion
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Newtonian fluid
Ideal fluid with constant viscosity that demonstrates a shear stress that is proportional to the strain rate. (Straight line graph) |/_
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Pseudoplastic
A material whose viscosity decreases with increasing shear rate.
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Dilatant
Liquids that become more rigid with increasing shear rate - as the rate of deformation increases, these liquids become more viscous.
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Thixotropic
A liquid that becomes less viscous and more fluid under pressure.
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Examples of thixotropic materials.
1. Dental prophylaxis pastes 2. Plaster 3. Resin cements 4. Some impression materials.
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Water contact angle of hydrophobic materials
95 degrees | Polysulphide, addition and condensation silicones
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Water contact angle of hydrophilic materials
30-35 degrees | Alginate, agar, polyether
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Stress (definition)
Stress is the force per unit area
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Stress (explanation)
It is the internal reaction to external force
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Tensile stress
It tends to stretch or elongate a body.
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Compressive stress
Tends to compress a body
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Shear stress
Resists the sliding or twisting of one portion of a body over another.
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Strain
The change in length per unit length of body when a stress is applied.
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Poisson's ratio
When an object is subjected to a tensile or compressive stress, there is simultaneous axial and lateral strain. Within the elastic range, the ratio of lateral to the axial strain is called poisson's ratio.
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Ideal Poisson's ratio
For an ideal isotropic material of constant volume - 0.5.
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Elastic limit
The maximum stress that a material can withstand without permanent deformation.
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Proportional limit
It is the greatest stress that may be produced in a material such that the stress is directly proportional to the strain.
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What are the conditions required to be met for a material to satisfy Hooke's law?
The elastic stress should be proportional to the elastic strain
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Young's Modulus
It describes the relative stiffness or rigidity of a material.
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How do you calculate Modulus of elasticity?
It is the ratio of stresses to strain within the proportional limit. Elastic modulus = tensile stress/tensile strain = compressive stress/compressive strain
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Unit of modulus of elasticity
Giga Pascal
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Shear modulus
38% of elastic modulus
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Yield strength
The strength at which a material begins to function in a plastic manner.
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Yield strength (definition)
The stress at which a material exhibits a limiting deviation from proportionality of stress to strain.
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Resilience
The amount of energy absorbed by a structure when it is stressed, not to exceed its proportional limit.
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Lateral strain as expressed in dental terms
Axial strain
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Toughness
The amount of energy required to fracture a material. It is a measure of a material's resistance to fracture.
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Factors that affect toughness of a material.
1. Strength | 2. Ductility
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Brittleness
The inability of a material to sustain plastic deformation before a fracture occurs.
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Ductility
The ability of a material to withstand permanent deformation under a tensile load without rupture.
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Malleability
The ability of a material to withstand permanent deformation under a compressive load without rupture.
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Flexibility
The strain that occurs when the material is stressed to its proportional limit.

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