The patterns of mercury vapor emission from carved, burnished, and polished surfaces made from four commonly used dental amalgam alloys were determined with the use of a selenium sulfide detection method. Mercury vapor was emitted more intensely from the marginal region; carved and burnished surfaces emitted the same amount. There was a difference in the amounts emitted from the different alloys tested.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Nordlander, B.W.: Selenium Sulfide-A New Detector for Mercury Vapor, Ind Eng Chem19:5181927.
2.
Teixeira, L.C. ; Kammermeyer, K.; and Johnson, W.W.: Printing of Mercury Distribution on the Surface of Dental Amalgams, JADA81:1159-1162, 1970.
