title: Decrease of gamma 1 lattice constant with time in dental silver amalgam.
abstract: As a measure of the mercury content of the gamma 1 phase in dental silver amalgam, the lattice constant of this phase in different amalgams was determined at various times after trituration. The lattice constants of amalgams prepared from alloys with a high silver content have lower values and show a steeper decline with time than amalgams with a low Ag-content. Therefore, since a higher lattice constant presumably is associated with increased mercury vapor, the mercury vapor emission from amalgams with a low Ag-content probably is greater than from amalgams with a high Ag-content, especially during the first weeks after trituration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Anatomy, Royal Dental College, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D003300:Copper; D003461:Crystallography; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000032:analysis; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D012834:Silver; D013997:Time Factors; D014835:Volatilization; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D012834:Silver; D003300:Copper; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury