You can control the hardness of MMA with the amount of n-butyl 
phthalate.  If you don't add phthalate your MMA will be as hard as possible.

Karen Bowden
University of CA, San Diego
Dept of Orthopedics
9500 Gilman Dr. 0630
La Jolla, CA 92093-0630
Ph.: 858-534-4655
Fax: 858-534-5304



Dr. Adam Hacking, PhD wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to increase or maximize the hardness of MMA? 
>
> Are there harder embedding materials ?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Adam Hacking. PhD
>
>
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