The purpose of this study was to analyze the curing behavior of a nanocomposite by assessing in real time the degree of cure at depths of 2 mm and 6 mm. The variation of hardness with depth, shrinkage stress, and curing time until gelation with 16 curing regimes was further investigated using one halogen and three LED curing units. In the present study, it was shown that the soft-start polymeri...

The effect of curing agent (6610) content and temperature on the rheological behavior of the epoxy resin CYD-128 was studied by DSC analysis and viscosity experiments. The results show that the resin system meets the requirements of processing technology. A complete reaction occurs when the curing agent content (40 parts per hundred resin, phr) is a little higher than the theoretical value (33....

objectives: the aim of this study was to compare polymerization depth of two bulk-fill and one conventional composite cured for different times. methods: this in vitro experimental study was conducted on 54 composite samples (2×4×10mm) fabricated of tetric n-ceram bulk-fill, x-tra fil bulk-fill, and grandio conventional composite cured for 20, 30, and 40 seconds. the microhardness of samples wa...

The present study aimed to assess the influence of curing distance on the loss of irradiance and power density of four curing light devices. The behavior in terms of power density of four different dental curing devices was analyzed (Valo, Elipar 2, Radii-Cal, and Optilux-401) using three different distances of photopolymerization (0 mm, 4 mm, and 8 mm). All devices had their power density meas...

The strength of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) can be sensitively affected by the curing method used. However, in contrast to the precast plant production of UHPC where a standard high-temperature steam curing is available, an optimum curing condition is rarely realized with cast-in-place UHPC. Therefore, the trend of the compressive strength development of UHPC was experimentally inves...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the depth of curing of 10 contemporary blue light-activated dental flowable materials at several opacities, influenced by different irradiation times using FT-IR spectroscopy. Fifty-five specimens (n = 5) with a 5-mm diameter and 1-mm thickness of translucent (Opallis Flow T), yellowed (Master Flow A2; Opallis Flow A2; Natural Flow A2; Fluroshield Yellowed)...

This paper describes some of the main results of an investigation on the effect of passing saturated lime solution with different curing time on the clayey soil. Six series of laboratory tests had been set up, on lean clay samples, to investigate simultaneously the effect of volume of solution and curing time. The samples were classified based on average volume of passing. Three categories were...

In this paper, mechanical behavior of polyester with varying parameters of curing were investigated. Binder content, accelerator content, temperature and time were ascertained as parameters during curing of polyester specimens. Three levels of each parameter were selected and taguchi techniques are implemented. It was observed that curing time and binder content influenced mechanical properties...