Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 617-621 , July 2006

Measurement of the thermal diffusivity of dental filling materials using modified Ångström's method

  • Jerzy Bodzenta

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 32 237 2932; fax: +48 32 237 2216.
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  • Bogusław Burak

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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  • Marian Nowak

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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  • Monika Pyka

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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  • Maria Szałajko

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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  • Marta Tanasiewicz

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Division of Stomatology, Medical University of Silesia, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland

Received 22 July 2004 ,Accepted 19 May 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00237-X

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.05.016

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 617-621 , July 2006

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