Surface and cross-sectional characterization of titanium-nitride coated nickel–titanium endodontic files

Background/purpose: Although the effect of experimental surface modifications on various properties (e.g., fatigue, wear) on coated files have been tested in the past, there is no report for the coating quality of commercially available TiN coated files. The aim of this study was to characterize the...

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Main Authors: Youssef S. Al Jabbari, Theodoros Koutsoukis, Suliman Al Hadlaq, David W. Berzins, Spiros Zinelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
Subjects:
EDX
SEM
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790215000951