title: Microstructures of admixed amalgams produced from Pd-containing dispersants.
abstract: Blended Pd-containing dental amalgams were developed by substituting Pd for up to 20 w/o Ag or Cu in the Ag-Cu eutectic alloy. Melted ingots were lathe-comminuted to a particle size distribution of 1-45 microns. Alloy blends were created from two parts of a traditional amalgam and one part of experimental Ag-Cu-Pd particles. Amalgams with from 0.42 to 1.67 w/o Pd were fabricated by trituration of alloys and mercury at a Hg/alloy ratio of 1:1 with a mechanical triturator at 5000 rpm for 10 s and hand-condensed. XRD studies of these amalgams revealed the suppression of eta' (Cu6Sn5) phase with Pd addition and no gamma 2 (Sn8Hg) phase found. At 3.3 w/o Pd, the eta' (Cu6Sn5) concentration of the amalgam was below the detection limit of the instrumentation (1%). SEM micrographs revealed that reaction zones around eutectic particles decreased with increased Pd concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chern Lin
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Greener
mesh_terms: D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010165:Palladium; D003723:Dental Amalgam