title: Creep of dental amalgam and its phases.
abstract: The intention of the study was to evaluate creep as a function of temperature and stress, and to determine creep rate of compounds with a composition equivalent to the gamma, gamma1, and gamma2 phases in dental amalgam. The results were consistent with a creep model in which the deformation takes place in the gamma1 phase, and is dominated by glide pileups of dislocations in grain boundaries.
mesh_terms: D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000592:standards*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam