Comparative study of two cp Ti casting methods. / "Estudo comparativo de dois métodos utilizados na fundição de titânio cp"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

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Along the last decade, several jobs have been highlighting the advantages of titanium and titanium alloys and studied the possible utilization for removable partial dentures (RPD) metal frameworks confection. Although advantages, the cast process still presents problems, limiting the titanium use. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of two casting methods, on microstructure, microhardness, porosity and retention force of RPD clasps, casted in Co-Cr alloy (control) and commercially pure titanium (cp Ti). The cast methods used were: 1- voltaic arc (plasma) under vacuum and argon pressure, with molten metal injection by vacuum-pressure, and 2- induction under vacuum and argon atmosphere, with molten metal injection by centrifugation. For retention force analysis were made metal frameworks with circumferential clasps under retention of 0.25; 0.50 and 0.75 mm, submitted to insertion/removal cycles, simulating a 5 years use of a metal framework. Previously to the simulation test, the samples were radiographed in a laboratorial unit to verify the porosities occurrence. For Vickers microhardness test and microstructure analysis, disks with 5mm diameter and 2 mm thickness were made. The results showed that the casting methods interfere in the characteristics of studied materials. The cp Ti pieces casted by plasma/vacuum-pressure presents larger porosities number (50%) than that casted by induction/centrifugation (16.66%). For the pieces casted in Co-Cr alloy, according to the used methodology, wasn t possible to observe the occurrence of porosities. The pieces casted by plasma/vacuum-pressure presents larger flexibility and that casted by induction/centrifugation present larger rigidity. Consequently, the retention forces were, in general, larger for the samples obtained by induction/centrifugation than for those obtained by plasma/vacuum-pressure, except for the experimental condition with 0.75 mm retention. The samples casted by induction/centrifugation present, as for cp Ti as for Co-Cr alloy, larger Vickers microhardness values Vickers than that casted by plasma/vacuum-pressure. The cp Ti casted by induction/centrifugation method resulted in Widmanstätten microstructural aspect, while when casted by plasma/vacuum-pressure method has feather-like aspect. For Co-Cr alloy, both methods resulted in dendritic microstructure, finer for plasma/vacuum-pressure method. The cp Ti and Co-Cr alloy seem to be affected by the cooling rate associate to the used equipment. In the chemical analysis weren t detected materials composition alterations that indicate resultant contamination for the used casting methods. Thus, however still present technical problems to be solved, both casting methods, induction/centrifugation and plasma/vacuum-pressure, allow the obtainment of satisfactory results in the RPD metal frameworks production in cp Ti.

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dental clasps dental casting technique técnica de fundição odontológica titânio grampos dentários ligas de cromo chromium alloys titanium

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