Resistencia mecanica e microestrutura de duas ligas odontologicas fundidas a base de cobalto

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1994

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Cobalt alloys are utilizcd in various applications, includingaeroplane turbines, cutting tools, cardiac valvcs and prosthesis. These alloys have been used in dentistry for more than half a century in prosthesis, because of their excellent charactheristics in terms of biocompatibility, strength, oxidation resistance, dcnsity, and castability. But, the fail incidence of partial denture framework is a big unsolved problem, meaning inconvenience to the users, dentists and so on. ln dentistry there is no good control of the casting process parameters (pouring temperature, mould temperature and furnace atmosphere) and, as a result, excessive casting defects formation with deleterious effect on the mechanical properties. The microstructure and the tensile mechanical properties of two cast cobalt odontological alloys - Stecldent and Dentorium - cast in two different conditions (100% new alloy and 50% - in weight - new alloy plus 50% from remelted alloy) are analysed. It was observed that in Dentorium 50% new alloy there are small carbides in a uniform distribution and, as a result, higher alongation was found when comparing to Dentorium 100% new alloy and to Steeldent alloy in both conditions. The alloys presented small interdendritic spacing (approximatcly 10 11m)anu grain-boundary segregation. Yield stress medium values for Steeldent and Dentorium alloys were very closed (683, 702, 740 and 699 MPa for the Steeldent 100 c 50% alloys and, Dentorium 100 e 50% new alloy, respectively), while the fracture stress was lower for the Steeldent alloys 100 e 50% new alloy (845 anu 844 MPa, respectively) in relation to the Dentorium alloys 100 and 50% new alloy (917 and 916 MPa, respectivcly). The later alloys showed low voids leveI in the fracture surface. There is no significant differences in comparing stress fracture on both conditions for each alloy. Due to the significant scattering of the mechanical properties, tests of hypothesis were performed, and showed that the mechanical properties were statistically equal for all alloys, with exception of the elongation, that presented higher values to alloys Dentorium 50% new alloy when comparing with other allloys and conditions. The fractography showed a predominance in terms of interdendritic fracture for both alloys and, in same cases, presence of dimples in quantities depending on the elongation

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materiais dentarios metalurgia odontologica amalgamas dentarios

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