Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 486-493 , April 2009

Determination of bound and unbound water in dental alginate irreversible hydrocolloid by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

  • C.M. Fellows

      Affiliations

    • Key Centre for Polymer Colloids, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: School of Biological, Biomedical, and Molecular Sciences, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 6773 2470; fax: +61 2 6773 3268.
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  • G.A. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Received 17 October 2007 ,Revised 19 September 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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PII: S0109-5641(08)00251-0

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.10.001

Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 486-493 , April 2009