effect of surface treatment on elemental composition of recast nicr alloy表面处理的效果在重塑nicr合金元素成分.pdfVIP

Materials Sciences and Applications, 2012, 3, 163-167 163 /10.4236/msa.2012.33025 Published Online March 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Effect of Surface Treatment on Elemental Composition of Recast NiCr Alloy 1* 2 1 1 Tevfik Yavuz , Aslı Acar , Serhan Akman , Atiye Nilgun Ozturk 1Department of Prosthodontics, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey; 2Department of Prosthodontics, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey. * Email: drtevfikyavuz@ Received December 20th, 2011; revised January 27th, 2012; accepted February 26th, 2012 ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different surface treatments on the elemental composi- tion stability of as-received and recast types of NiCr casting alloys. Material and Methods: Six commercial NiCr den- tal casting alloys (Kera N, Nodelco, Bellabond, Wiron 99, Metaplus VK, and Tritech D) were used in this study. Sev- enty-two specimens (12 × 12 × 1.2 mm) were produced using the lost-wax casting process. Three casting protocols were established in relation to the proportion of as-received and recast alloys: Group A (100% as-received metal), Group B (50 wt% new metal, 50 wt% once-recast metal), and Group C (100% once-recast metal). Two specimens in every group received two different surface treatments: sandblasting with 110 µmm Al O or oxidation firing. An ele- 2 3 mental analysis was performed with x-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy. Results were subjected to one-way analysis of variance and Tukey HSD tests. Results: The elemental composition was significantly different in the casting groups and treatment groups (p 0.05). T