title: Effects of Sn, Ga, and In additives on properties of Ag-Pd-Au-Cu alloy for ultra-low fusing ceramics.
abstract: Nine 35% Ag-30% Pd-20% Au-15% Cu alloys containing 2, 4 and 6 mass% of Sn, Ga or In as an additive metal were experimentally prepared to investigate the effects of different additives and their content on the physical and mechanical properties as well as the bond with a ultra-low fusing ceramic. Both the different additives and their content or either of these two factors significantly influenced most of the evaluated properties except for the area fraction of the retained ceramic. Based on the evaluated properties three experimental alloys (2% Sn-added alloy, 4% Ga-added alloy and 2% In-added alloy) can be recommended as a suitable alloy for ceramic-metal restorations using ultra-low fusing ceramics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials Science, School of Dentistry at Niigata, Nippon Dental University, 1-8 Hamaura cho, Niigata City, Niigata 951-8580, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogura
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D001840:Dental Bonding; D004548:Elasticity; D005708:Gallium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006047:Gold Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D008669:Metallurgy; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014001:Tin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D006047:Gold Alloys; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D007204:Indium; D012834:Silver; D010165:Palladium; D014001:Tin; D003300:Copper; D005708:Gallium