Tear Strength Analysis of MDX4-4210 and A-2186 Silicones with Different Intrinsic Pigments Incorporated by Mechanical and Industrial Methods

Table 1

Mean values ± standard deviation (SD) (N/mm) of tear strength values comparing nonaged and aged silicones.

Manufacturing method	Pigment/Silicone	Nonaged groups	Aged groups	value
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Mechanical	Bronze A-2186	68.89 ± 7.74	72.12 ± 11.17	0.387
	Bronze MDX4-4210	27.44 ± 2.45	41.16 ± 4.31	0.001
	Black A-2186	63.79 ± 14.21	64.87 ± 13.91	0.773
	Black MDX4-4210	29.40 ± 2.54	41.25 ± 3.82	0.002
	Pink A-2186	63.11 ± 12.74	65.56 ± 12.83	0.513
	Pink MDX4-4210	28.02 ± 7.64	31.65 ± 2.05	0.340
Industrial	Bronze A-2186	66.24 ± 9.99	73.10 ± 11.56	0.067
	Bronze MDX4-4210	26.46 ± 1.86	37.82 ± 3.52	0.003
	Black A-2186	67.81 ± 7.84	65.17 ± 11.85	0.484
	Black MDX4-4210	29.49 ± 3.23	42.53 ± 6.66	0.001
	Pink A-2186	69.18 ± 11.17	70.46 ± 6.07	0.722
	Pink MDX4-4210	27.04 ± 1.07	31.06 ± 4.11	0.282

Statistically significant difference (, Tukey).