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X‐ray mapping of dental amalgam using the electron microprobe
Author(s) -
Bryant Roland W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1980.tb03703.x
Subject(s) - amalgam (chemistry) , electron microprobe , copper , mercury (programming language) , tin , materials science , qualitative analysis , x ray , microprobe , metallurgy , mineralogy , chemistry , computer science , physics , optics , qualitative research , social science , electrode , sociology , programming language
A bstract — Tin, copper, silver and mercury X‐ray maps were obtained for amalgams prepared from three “high copper” commercial alloys. The data obtained from quantitative analysis of a silver‐copper dispersed amalgam was subjected to major element analysis. X‐ray mapping was found to reflect accurately the relative quantity of an element present in different regions of a map, thereby providing a reliable qualitative, part‐quantitative analysis of the structure of the amalgam.