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The effect of mercury on the fatigue life of a dental gold alloy
Author(s) -
LLOYD C. H.,
BAXTER G. R. V.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1981.tb00491.x
Subject(s) - alloy , mercury (programming language) , gold alloys , metallurgy , materials science , microstructure , gold alloy , computer science , programming language
Summary A type IV platinized gold casting alloy has been subjected to fatigue testing. Contamination of the surface of test pieces with mercury substantially reduced the fatigue life. This reduction was found to depend upon both the load applied and the microstructure of the alloy. The reason for such dependence is discussed.