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The fracture properties of two glass polyalkenoate cements based on a short chain-length and on a long chain-length poly (acrylic acid) have been studied as a function of the cement age. The stress intensity factor, K I, increases with cement age for both cements. The un-notched fracture strength σf increases with cement age, largely as a result of an increase in the Young's modulus accompanying crosslinking of the polyacrylate chains by metallic ions. The toughness G I remains approximately constant for the short chain-length cement, but reduces with cement age for the long chain-length cement. Analysis of the toughness data using a chain pull-out model leads to the conclusion that chains distant from the fracture plane are involved in fracture, and that the number of chains that take part in chain pull-out decreases as the crack opening displacement reduces with cement age.
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Hill, R.G. The fracture properties of glass polyalkenoate cements as a function of cement age. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 28, 3851–3858 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353190
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