Yetik, OkanYavuzyegit, BerzahAvcu, Yasemin YıldıranKoçoğlu, HürolPekkan, GürelSarıdağ, SerkanGuney, MertAvcu, Egemen2021-12-222021-12-222020-12-23Yetik, O., Yavuzyegit, B., Yıldıran Avcu, Y., Koçoğlu, H., Pekkan, G., Sarıdağ, S., Guney, M., & Avcu, E. (2020). Effect of micro blasting process parameters on 3D surface topography and surface properties of zirconia ( Y‐TZP ) ceramics. Engineering Reports, 3(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12358http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/5950The present study aims to examine the effects of operational parameters onthe surface topography and wear mechanisms of monolithic and conventionalyttria-stabilized zirconia (Y-TZP) ceramics in the micro blasting process, per-formed under various acceleration pressures (1.5–3bar), particle impact angles(30◦–90◦), and erodent particle sizes (50–460μm). Three-dimensional (3D) sur-face topography, surface roughness, and surface morphology of micro-blastedspecimens were analyzed by using non-contact optical profilometry andSEM-EDS. The micro blasting characteristics of both Y-TZP were similar thatincreased blasting pressure and erodent particle size increased surface rough-ness. Erosion rate increased with increasing blasting pressure, whereas itdecreased with increasing erodent particle size. Particle size was the most effec-tive parameter on changing surface topography, while the particle impact anglehad no distinct effect on the erosion rate, surface roughness, and surface topog-raphy of Y-TZP ceramics. SEM-EDS analyses showed that the primary wearmechanism during micro blasting was micro-cutting with a substantial amountof embedded particles on the material’s surfaceenAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United StatesType of access: Open Accessgrit blastingprosthetic dentistrysurface morphologyyttria-stabilized zirconiaArticle