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Nickel Titanium

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Influence Of Fluoride And Stress On The Electrochemical Properties Of Nickel-Titanium Coils, Ashley Barnes Jul 2015

Influence Of Fluoride And Stress On The Electrochemical Properties Of Nickel-Titanium Coils, Ashley Barnes

Master's Theses (2009 -)

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of fluoride and stress on the electrochemical properties of nickel-titanium coils. Forty Dentsply GAC NiTi coils were divided into four groups of ten and individually tested. Twenty coils were placed in a solution of artificial saliva, where ten of the twenty were compressed and the other ten were not stressed. The other twenty coils were placed in a 1500 ppm NaF solution, where ten were compressed and ten were not. The coils were connected to a computer driven potentiostat and three tests were conducted: open circuit potential monitoring for 2 …