Alloys or metallic compositions – Palladium base
Patent
1988-11-15
1990-04-17
Rutledge, L. Dewayne
Alloys or metallic compositions
Palladium base
420464, C22C 504
Patent
active
049178610
ABSTRACT:
Dental restorations are made of a palladium alloy which consists essentially of, on a weight basis, 50-85 percent palladium; 5-40 percent of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of copper and cobalt; 1-15 percent gallium; up to 5 percent of a modifier selected from the group consisting of nickel, gold, indium, ruthenium, tin and mixtures thereof; from 0.005 up to 1 percent, ordinarily less than about 0.2 percent, of an oxygen scavenging component which is a member selected from the group consisting of germanium, lithium, and mixtures thereof; and up to 0.5 percent of a grain refiner selected from the group consisting of rhenium and iridium. The alloy is free of boron.
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McCabe Patrick J.
Schaffer Stephen P.
Pierce & Stevens Corporation
Rutledge L. Dewayne
Schumaker David W.
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