Milwaukee Paper - Metallographic Phenomena Observed in Amalgams

- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 41
- File Size:
- 1642 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1919
Abstract
Page CRUSHING STRENGTH...................... 659 The Black Dynamometer....................659 A Standardized Procedure for Crushing Strength Tests...... 660 Influence of Height of Test-piece upon Apparent Strength ..... 662 Influence of Packing Pressure and of Packing Time........ 662 Application of the Logarithmic Law...............665 Influence of Amalgamation Variables.............. 665 Influence of Temperature................... 669 The Transition Region Near 70" C............... 671 Influence of Packing Pressure at Various Temperatures ...... 673 Influence of Age upon Alloy and Amalgam........... 676 DIMENSIONAL CHANGES DURING THE HARDENING OF AN AMALGAM .......................... 678 The Black Amalgam Micrometer............... 678 Thermostated Dilatometer Designed by the Author........ 681 Graphical Representation of Reaction Expansions......... 683 The Typical Reaction Expansion Curve ............. 684 Influence of Packing Pressure................. 686 Influence of Trituration Time................. 687 Influence of Temperature................... 688 Influence of Mercury-alloy Ratio................ 689 Influence of Packing Time................... 689 Influence of Annealing the Alloy................ 691 Influence of Size of Alloy Particles...............691 Extension of the Typical Expansion Curve........... 693 Influence of Thermal Softening and of Reamalgamating a Hardened Amalgam.......................... 634 Curves Obtained with a Variety of Dental Alloys ........ 694 Copper Amalgam ...................... 694 PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE RESULTS.......... 695 Phenomena which reveal chemical and physical processes that probably go on in many alloys at temperatures not far removed from their melting ranges are observable in dental amalgams. These amalgams should. therefore. be of even more interest to the metallographer, the metallurgistl the chemist. and the physicist than to the dentist who uses them for saving decaying teeth. For this reason I am here de-
Citation
APA:
(1919) Milwaukee Paper - Metallographic Phenomena Observed in AmalgamsMLA: Milwaukee Paper - Metallographic Phenomena Observed in Amalgams. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1919.