The changes of the phases on a setting amalgam surface were observed by a scanning electron microscope and recorded on a videotape. The image reproduced on a TV monitor was converted into a 16-mm motion picture with a low speed movie camera. The movie showed the dynamic process of the change of matrixes and residual alloy particles developing new γ1 and γ2 crystals and voids.
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