Artigo
A study of the microstructural characteristics of dental amalgams
Fecha
1999-01-01Registro en:
Advanced Powder Technology. Zurich-uetikon: Transtec Publications Ltd, v. 299-3, p. 298-299, 1999.
0255-5476
10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.299-300.298
WOS:000079831600036
2-s2.0-33750876791
6443430122330366
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Resumen
Metallographic studies by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy carried out for two types of dental amalgam showing a porous multiphase material. Surface analysis shows that the structure of the Dispersalloy amalgam consists of gamma-Ag3Sn, gamma(1)-Ag2Hg3, eta'-Cu6Sn5, epsilon-Cu3Sn and eutectic Ag-Cu phases. while Velvalloy amalgam consists mainly of gamma, gamma(1) and gamma(2)-Sn7-8Hg phases. The latter phase presents an uniform distribution often associated with voids.