Evaluation of Some Mechanical Properties of a Maxillofacial Silicon Elastomer Reinforced with Polyester Powder

Table 3

Post hoc test showing significant difference between all tested groups.

Multiple comparisons
LSD
Dependent variable	(I) VAR00002 (%)	(J) VAR00002 (%)	Mean difference (I−J)	Std. error	Sig.	95% confidence interval
						Lower bound	Upper bound
Roughness	0	1	0.00920	0.01959	0.641	−0.0305	0.0489
		2	0.01910	0.01959	0.336	−0.0206	0.0588
		3	−0.03150	0.01959	0.117	−0.0712	0.0082
	1	2	0.00990	0.01959	0.616	−0.0298	0.0496
		3	−0.04070	0.01959	0.045	−0.0804	−0.0010
	2	3	−0.05060	0.01959	0.014	−0.0903	−0.0109
Tensile	0	1	−0.12500	0.14371	0.390	−0.4165	0.1665
		2	0.29500	0.14371	0.047	0.0035	0.5865
		3	0.47400	0.14371	0.002	0.1825	0.7655
	1	2	0.42000	0.14371	0.006	0.1285	0.7115
		3	0.59900	0.14371	0.000	0.3075	0.8905
	2	3	0.17900	0.14371	0.221	−0.1125	0.4705
Tear	0	1	−2.71000	0.88833	0.004	−4.5116	−0.84
		2	−1.18000	0.88833	0.192	−2.9816	0.6216
		3	0.77000	0.88833	0.392	−1.0316	2.5716
	1	2	1.53000	0.88833	0.094	−0.2716	3.3316
		3	3.48000	0.88833	0.000	1.6784	5.2816
	2	3	1.95000	0.88833	0.035	0.1484	3.7516
Hardness	0	1	−0.31000	0.70372	0.662	−1.7372	1.1172
		2	−3.58000	0.70372	0.000	−5.0072	−2.1528
		3	−3.94500	0.70372	0.000	−5.3722	−2.5178
	1	2	−3.27000	0.70372	0.000	−4.6972	−1.8428
		3	−3.63500	0.70372	0.000	−5.0622	−2.2078
	2	3	−0.36500	0.70372	0.607	−1.7922	1.0622

The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.