Research Article
Mechanical Properties Comparing Composite Fiber Length to Amalgam
Table 3
Correlation coefficient matrix fracture analysis (
values).
| | Fiber length | Flexural strength | Modulus | WOF | | | Degree fracture depth |
| Length | 1.000000 | 0.928050 (1.0 × 10−8) | 0.861638 (2.1 × 10−6) | 0.934687 (4.7 × 10−9) | 0.869319 (1.4 × 10−6) | 0.915848 (3.8 × 10−8) | −0.940672 (2.1 × 10−9) |
| Strength | | 1.000000 | 0.931744 (6.7 × 10−9) | 0.996124 (2.2 × 10−19) | 0.913242 (4.9 × 10−8) | 0.975863 (1.1 × 10−12) | −0.924982 (1.5 × 10−8) |
| Modulus | | | 1.000000 | 0.908892 (7.2 × 10−8) | 0.810965 (2.5 × 10−5) | 0.893058 (2.7 × 10−7) | −0.830431 (1.1 × 10−5) |
| WOF | | | | 1.000000 | 0.933409 (5.5 × 10−9) | 0.984717 (2.4 × 10−14) | −0.928299 (1.0 × 10−8) |
| | | | | | 1.000000 | 0.977671 (5.9 × 10−13) | −0.844474 (5.4 × 10−6) |
| | | | | | | 1.000000 | −0.896627 (2.0 × 10−7) |
| Fracture | | | | | | | 1.000000 |
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