Microstructures of beta-titanium orthodontic wires joined by infrared brazing

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-141

  Iijima, Masahiro ^a   Brantley, William A ^b   Kawashima, Isao ^a   Baba, Naoki ^c   Alapati, Satish B ^b   Yuasa, Toshihiro ^a   Ohno, Hiroki ^a   Mizoguchi, Itaru ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Beta titanium wire; Infrared radiation; Soldering

Indexed keywords

BETA TITANIUM WIRE; BRAZE ALLOY; CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; INFRARED BRAZING;

ARGON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EUTECTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLDERING; TITANIUM;

BRAZING;

ALLOY; ARGON; BETA TITANIUM; COPPER DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; SILVER; TIN DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENTAL SURGERY; DIFFUSION; INFRARED BRAZING; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROANALYSIS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

DENTAL SOLDERING; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; TITANIUM;

EID: 33749165423     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30523     Document Type: Article

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