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A silver-tin alternative to dental amalgams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

M.P. Dariel ,
U. Admon ,
D.S. Lashmore ,
M. Ratzker ,
A. Giuseppetti  and
F.C. Eichmiller
M.P. Dariel*
Affiliation:
Metallurgy Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
U. Admon*
Affiliation:
Metallurgy Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
D.S. Lashmore*
Affiliation:
Metallurgy Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
M. Ratzker
Affiliation:
American Dental Association Health Foundation, Paffenbarger Research Center, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
A. Giuseppetti
Affiliation:
American Dental Association Health Foundation, Paffenbarger Research Center, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
F.C. Eichmiller
Affiliation:
American Dental Association Health Foundation, Paffenbarger Research Center, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
*
a)On leave from the Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
a)On leave from the Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
b)Presently with Materials Innovation, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03784.
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Abstract

This paper describes a novel technology for a mercury-free metallic direct filling material, a substitute to dental amalgams. The consolidation relies both on cold-welding that takes place under moderate pressure between suitably surface-treated silver particles and on silver-tin intermetallic compound formation at ambient temperature. A dilute acid is used for removing the silver surface oxide layers, thereby promoting the cold-welding process. The condensability, namely the ability of a loose powder to undergo consolidation within a short time duration, at body temperature and under moderate pressure has been investigated for a variety of mixtures of silver, tin, and prealloyed silver-coated intermetallic powders. The resulting metallic composite material displays transverse rupture strength values higher than those of amalgams and somewhat lower values of compressive strength and Knoop hardness.

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Environmentally Benign Materials and Processes
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 505 - 511
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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