Investment casting for oral cavity applications: Peculiarities and problems

Metallurgia Italiana

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 57-70

  Battaini, P ^a  

^a Laborotorio ESEMIR Srl ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Casting; Defects; Failure analysis; Foundry; Fracture; Material selection; Metallografy; Precious metals; Properties; Scanning electron microscopy; Solidification

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; COMPOSITION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DEFECTS; DENTISTRY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOUNDRIES; FRACTURE; METALLOGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRECIOUS METALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLIDIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BACTERIAL PLAQUE STAGNATION; ELONGATION; MATERIAL SELECTION; MEDICAL DEVICES;

INVESTMENT CASTING;

EID: 10644237128     PISSN: 00260843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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