Open AccessInvestigation of the mechanism of mercury removal from silver- amalgam alloy
Author(s) -
Zoran Odanović,
Mile Djurdjević
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the serbian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1820-7421
pISSN - 0352-5139
DOI - 10.2298/jsc0412111o
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , alloy , amalgam (chemistry) , materials science , microanalysis , metallurgy , scanning electron microscope , microstructure , electron probe microanalysis , chemistry , electron microprobe , composite material , organic chemistry , electrode , computer science , programming language
An investigation of silver dental amalgam decomposition and the mercury removal mechanism was performed. The decomposition process was analyzed during thermal treatment in the temperature interval from 400 ?C to 850 ?C and for times from 0.5 to 7.5 h. The chemical compositions of the silver dental amalgam alloy and the treated alloy were tested and microstructure analysis using optical and scanning electron microscopy was carried out. The phases were identified using energy disperse electron probe microanalysis. A mechanism for the mercury removal process from silver dental amalgam alloy is suggested.