Abstract
Fracture toughness, critical strain energy release rate and critical stress intensity factor were determined for lathe-cut, spherical, admixed, and two atomized high-copper dental amalgams. At a loading rate of 0.005cm min−1 for 24-hour samples, the spherical amalgam had the highest resistance to unstable crack propagation. At a loading rate of 0.05cm min−1 for both 24-hour and one-month samples, the lathe-cut amalgam had the highest resistance to unstable crack propagation. One of the atomized high copper amalgams showed the lowest resistance to crack propagation. The values were consistent with data obtained in single-pass wear studies.
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