Effect of the combination of different welding parameters on melting characteristics of grade 1 titanium with a pulsed Nd-Yag laser

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Bertrand, C ^a   Laplanche, O ^a   Rocca, J P ^a   Le Petitcorps, Y ^b   Nammour, S ^c  

^a Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics (Nice Sophia Antipolis France)   (France)

^b INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Focal spot size; Laser welding; Nd Yag laser; Pulse frequency; Pulse shape; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DENTAL ALLOY; OXYGEN; TITANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LASER; MELTING POINT; NEODYMIUM LASER; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WELDING;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL CASTING TECHNIQUE; DENTISTRY; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; METALLURGY; PILOT PROJECTS; TITANIUM; WELDING;

EID: 35448963031     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0438-2     Document Type: Article

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