Research Article

Color Stability of a New Rice Husk Composite in Comparison with Conventional Composites after Exposure to Commonly Consumed Beverages in Malaysia

Table 3

Color changes of composites at the end of four weeks.

CompositeCHOCOFCHIMTControl

GUF (A)1.45 (0.76)a,b4.44 (0.61)a4.85 (0.34)a1.66 (0.17)a0.55 (0.33)a
SX (C)2.83 (1.88)b7.70 (1.16)b22.89 (0.91)c15.73 (3.58)c1.06 (0.53)a
CXO (A)0.80 (0.44)a4.65 (0.73)a3.29 (1.12)a1.21 (0.19)a0.56 (0.48)a
NFL (C)3.78 (0.34)c14.38 (0.72)c20.43 (1.61)c4.80 (0.47)b0.50 (0.14)a
CX (B)3.46 (1.08)c12.96 (2.04)c13.11 (3.19)b2.91 (0.40)a,b0.90 (1.26)a

a–cMean values followed by different superscript letters and composites followed by different uppercase letters in the same column are statistically different according to Tukey’s post hoc test ().