title: The mechanism of tensile failure in a nickel-base casting alloy.
abstract: Standard tensile specimens were cast from a nickel-base partial denture casting alloy and subsequently fractured in a tensile stress testing machine. Fracture sites were subjected to scanning electron microscopy in order to determine the exact mechanism by which failure had occurred. A metallographic examination of prepared specimens was used to demonstrate the distribution of phases within the alloy.
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D003722:Dental Alloys; D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D003829:Denture, Partial; D008669:Metallurgy; D009532:Nickel; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D009532:Nickel