title: [Electrochemical evaluation of the alloy cobalt-chromium in a synthetic salivary solution].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The removable prosthesis, odontological speciality which has as a role the replacement of the absent teeth, generally uses removable metal prostheses. These prostheses are made of alloys in which cobalt occupies a significant proportion. Being placed in an electrolytic (saliva) and biological (bacteria) medium, they are prone to degradation by phenomena of corrosion. In order to study in vitro the electrochemical behavior of the alloy cobalt-chromium, we subjected this metal part to anodic polarization in a synthetic salivary solution.
  
  
  METHODS
  The electrochemical study was carried out at the biophysics laboratory of Casablanca medicine faculty. The equipment used for the voltamperometric study being voltalab PGZ 100 version 4.05 with the voltamaster 4 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results were collected in the form of potentiometric curves and of polarization curves, witch enabled us to determine the corrosion resistance of the alloy cobalt-chromium in salivary medium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our work highlighted that the acidity of the salivary solution has a negative effect on the alloy cobalt-chromium and that the surface quality gotten by a good polishing takes part to reinforce the corrosion resistance.
authors.affiliation: Département de prothèse adjointe Laboratoire de biophysique, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire de Casablanca, Maroc. rajae_zeroual@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeroual
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Adioui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaoun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellemkhannate
mesh_terms: D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003343:Corrosion; D003764:Dental Materials; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D012464:Saliva, Artificial
chemical_list: D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003764:Dental Materials; D012464:Saliva, Artificial