The effect of limited beryllium additions on a Ni-Cr alloy

Castability optimization of palladium based alloys

Poor or inconsistent castability often necessitates costly laboratory remakes of cast restorations. This study investigated the effects of burnout temperature and alloy investment compatibility on the castability of selected alloys. In part A nine alloy investment combinations were compared. In part B two alloy-investment combinations at four burnout temperatures were evaluated. Differences in investment, alloy, and/or burnout temperature significantly affected castability. Castability with a poorer casting investment improved with a hotter propane/oxygen fuel source compared with natural (city) gas/oxygen.

Digital imaging techniques for dental alloy castability quantification

In this study, mesh monitors cast from experimental compositions of a Ni-Cr-Be alloy are evaluated by the application of image analysis techniques. Castability values obtained by this method are then contrasted with those from three commonly employed manual counting procedures. While castability values obtained by all methods reflect the effect of compositional variations, a comparison of results with respect to evaluation method indicates that the image analysis technique consistently yields higher castability values, especially evident in the poorly casting groups. The apparent explanation for these observed differences is that with imaging, segments that are partially cast to varying degrees are not arbitrarily eliminated from the data, as is the usual practice in manual counting methods; therefore, castability values obtained by using the imaging technique will very closely reflect an actual alloy volume of each cast monitor.