Fracture toughness and Impact Strength | Dental Materials 

In this video Dr. Mujtaba Shaikh talks about the concept of Fracture Toughness and Impact Strength, related to Dental Materials.
The book followed for all the lectures of Dental Materials is, Applied Dental Materials Science by Mc Cabe.
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We are currently on Chapter 2, which is the Properties Used to Characterize Dental Materials.
Quiz:
Q.1. How do we rule out external factors like air abrasion and friction during Charpy Impact Testing?
(a) By creating a notch in specimen
(b) Through a dummy run on the machine
(c) By subtracting estimated values after the test
Q.2. Out of the following, which type of material would have lesser values of fracture toughness?
(a) Ductile material
(b) Elastic material
(c) Malleable material
(d) Brittle material
Q.3. If a material falls on the floor from a noticeable height and fractures right away, it would have?
(a) greater impact strength
(b) lesser impact strength
(c) greater fracture toughness
(d) lesser fracture toughness
Q.4. Crack propagation may influence a material by:
(a) increasing fracture toughness
(b) decreasing fracture toughness
Q.5. If a test specimen fractures after intentionally introducing a v-shape dent or cracks, it is called a:
(a) Plastic material
(b) Elastic material
(c) Weak material
(d) Notch-sensitive material
Sources:
Charpy Impact tester video: • Charpy Impact Test
Charpy Impact tester image: www.totalmateria.com/page.asp...
Charpy Notch image: www.impact-solutions.co.uk/im...
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