Artistically pleasing and beautiful appearance.
Preserved or finished by a chemical or physical process.
Physical property of fluids responsible for resistance to flow.
Hard, white, translucent ceramic material fabricated by firing and then glazing it to match the tooth color.
The ability of a material to withstand permanent deformation under compressive stress without sustaining permanent damage.
The process of a liquid substance passing through a porous substance.
A mixture of two or more metals that are dissolved with each other when in the liquid state.
An electrical current that takes place when two different or dissimilar metals come together.
The act of holding something by means of an adhesive, or mechanical locking, or both.
Soft, steel-white, tarnish-resistant metal that occurs naturally with platinum.
An object that is moved vertically to pound or pulverize a material.
Hardened or set by a chemical reaction of two materials.
Covering or soaking something with a liquid.
Hard, brittle, heat- and corrosive-resistant material such as clay.
Causes a physical change through energy and strength.
To stick or glue two items together.
Foundation that binds a substance together; continuous phases (organic polymer) in which particles of filler are dispersed in composite resin.
An alloy, with one of the constituents being mercury.