Physical, Mechanical, and Adhesive Properties of Novel Self-Adhesive Resin Cement

Table 2

Physical properties of self-adhesive resin cements.

Properties\Cements	Exp	MaxCem Elite	RelyX Unicem 2	SpeedCEM Plus	SmartCEM 2	Calibra Universal
Working time (min. sec.)	1’53” ± 12”	1’53” ± 19”	9’58” ±18”	4’8” ± 23”	2’15” ± 26”	2’07” ± 14”
Setting time (min. sec.)	3’37” ± 15”	3’23” ± 13”	10’18” ± 17”	6’33” ± 56”	3’48” ± 30”	3’42” ± 11”
Consistency (cm)	2.71 ± 0.02	2.73 ± 0.0	2.80 ± 0.0	2.70 ± 0.0	2.70 ± 0.0	2.87 ± 0.04
Thickness (µm)	23.7 ± 3.2	37.6 ± 8.7	20.6 ± 4.1	33.8 ± 5.3	34.4 ± 3.7	22.2 ± 2.3
Water sorption (µg/mm^3)	25.91 ± 0.64	46.19 ± 2.69	34.54 ± 0.96	30.74 ± 2.40	38.65 ± 1.33	38.34 ± 1.33
Solubility (µg/mm^3)	2.94 ± 0.94	7.06 ± 1.87	-1.93 ± 1.12	0.43 ± 1.38	11.35 ± 0.58	9.87 ± 0.85