Optimizing mechanical properties of laser-welded gold alloy through heat treatment

Dental Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 630-634

  Watanabe, Ikuya ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   Baba, Naoki ^b   Atsuta, Mitsuru ^b   Okabe, Toru ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age hardenability; Gold alloy; Heat treatments; Laser welding; Solution treatment

Indexed keywords

CASTING; DENTAL PROSTHESES; GOLD ALLOYS; HARDENING; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLUTIONS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

AGE HARDENABILITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE AGING; INTRAORAL TEMPERATURE; SOLUTION TREATMENTS;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

GOLD ALLOY;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; HARDNESS; HEAT; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDING;

DENTAL SOLDERING; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; GOLD ALLOYS; HARDNESS; HEAT; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; SOLUTIONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDING;

EID: 3042775898     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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