Comparative study on torsional strength, ductility and fracture characteristics of laser-welded α + β Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy, CP Titanium and Co-Cr alloy dental castings

Dental Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 839-845

  Srimaneepong, Viritpon ^a   Yoneyama, Takayuki ^b   Kobayashi, Equo ^c   Doi, Hisashi ^d   Hanawa, Takao ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental casting; Fracture characteristics; Laser welding; Titanium alloy; Torsional strength

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LASER BEAM WELDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TORSION TESTING; WELDING MACHINES;

ALLOY CASTINGS; DENTAL CASTINGS; LASER VOLTAGE; TORSIONAL STRENGTH;

DENTAL ALLOYS;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DENTAL ALLOY; TI 6AL 7NB ALLOY; TI-6AL-7NB ALLOY; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; METHODOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE LASER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL CASTING INVESTMENT; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL SOLDERING; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLIABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 43049136930     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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