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Oddy Test Results for the Wax sample as follows: 

TEST PROCEDURE: Oddy

An Oddy style test was conducted on a sample of dental wax. The test procedure was as follows. The sample was enclosed in a glass vial with blanks of polished lead, silver and copper. Half of the sample was placed beneath the blanks so that the affect of direct contact as well as volatile contaminates could be assessed. Moist cotton was placed in the test vial, which was then sealed and exposed to 55°C for 48 days. A control vial was prepared in the same manner, without a wax sample, and exposed to the same conditions. A second sample was prepared as above and placed in an area that received direct sunlight for several hours a day. This vial was prepared as a back-up in case the wax melted in the heat chamber. The wax did not melt when exposed to 55°C but did soften substantially. The second test vial was examined at regular intervals throughout 75 days.

INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

The wax did not cause any observable change to, or corrosion of, the metal blanks.

Requested by Benchmark, Rosemont, N.J.  08556

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