Abstract
In vitro corrosion resistance of the commercially used 76.5wt.%Pd-17.6%Cu-7.2%Ga and 77.3%Pd-6.0%Ga dental Prostheses high-Palladium system alloys in cast, degassing and porcelain-firing heat treatment conditions were evaluated by the potentiodynamic polarization technique in the de-aerated 0.9%NaCl and a modified Fusayama electrolyte. From the corrosion rate experimental results, we found that there is a small difference in the corrosion resistance depending on the microstructure. However. it was so small that there is no significant problem as a dental material. The 77.3%Pd-6.0%Ga showed better corrosion resistance than the 76.5%Pd-11.6%Cu-7.2%Ga dental Prostheses high-palladium system alloys. These experimental observations in 76.5%Pd-11.6%Cu-7.2%Ga alleys are mainly due to a rapid quenching and Cu in the alloy which accelerate the eutectic reaction with a segregation and Precipitates in the microstructure. On the ocher hand, 77.3%Pd-6.0%Ga alloys, which are solid-solution matrix, show much better col·lesion resistance compared with that of 76.5%Pd-11.6%Cu-7.2%Ga alloys.
치과용 고-Pd계 합금인 76.5wt.%Pd-11 6%Cu-7.2%Ga계 및 77.3%Pd-6.0%Ga계 합금의 주조. 탈개스 및 세라믹소성처리 후 부식저항성을 0.9%NaCl 및 Fusayama 전해액에서 동전위분극법을 이용하여 평가하였다. 미세조직의 변화에 따라 약간의 부식속도 차이를 나타내었으나 이는 미미하여 치과재료로서의 부식저항성은 문제가 없는 것으로 판단되었다 합금조성에 따른 부식저항성은 77.3%Pd-6.0%Ga계 합금이 76.5%Pd-11.6%Cu-7.2%Ga계 합금보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 76.5%Pd-11.6%Cu-7.2%Ga계 합금은 급냉조건과 Cu의 첨가로 공정반응을 촉진시켜 미세조직에 편석 및 석출물들이 존재했기 때문이었으며 77.3%Pd-6.0%Ga계 합금은 기지조직이 고용체로 구성되어 부식저항성 이 우수하였다.
