title: Metallurgical aspects of palladium-silver porcelain-bonding alloys.
abstract: Metallurgical aspects of five commercial Pd-Ag porcelain-bonding alloys have been investigated using X-ray diffraction, light microscopy and X-ray microanalysis. All alloys are mainly single-phase systems, but they appear to be inhomogeneous due to constitutional supercooling. Porcelain firing times are presumably insufficient to reach homogeneity. Two alloys show a virtually identical chemical composition but a differing amount of segregation which should be attributed to minor components controlling the solid diffusion process. Both indium-containing alloys show signs of a minor second phase which could not be identified due to its finely dispersed character.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mezger
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stols
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vrijhoef
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Greener
mesh_terms: D003722:Dental Alloys; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D008669:Metallurgy; D010165:Palladium; D012834:Silver; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D012834:Silver; D010165:Palladium