Tarnish resistance, corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of gold alloys

Tarnish Resistance, Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Gold Alloys

Tarnishing, corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SeC) of gold alloys are related phenomena. They present problems when they occur in gold jewellery, dental gold alloys and electronic devices. They are exploited, however, in the depletion gilding and finishing of gold jewellery; and in the extraction, refining and fire assaying of gold. There is still much that is not known about these pheno...

Stress Corrosion Cracking

Corrosion Product Film-Induced Stress Facilitates Stress Corrosion Cracking

Finite element analyses were conducted to clarify the role of corrosion product films (CPFs) in stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Flat and U-shaped edge-notched specimens were investigated in terms of the CPF-induced stress in the metallic substrate and the stress in the CPF. For a U-shaped edge-notched specimen, the stress field in front of the notch tip is affected by the Young's modulus of th...

Corrosion Resistance of Dental Alloys

Metals and metallic alloys are unavoidable materials in everyday dental use for the making of fillings, cast cores and post systems, individual crowns, implantants’ suprastructures, dentures and orthodontic devices. They still belong to the vital materials in dentistry. Applied alloys in a mouth are exposed to the influence of chemical, biological, mechanical, thermal and electrical forces whic...

Corrosion and tarnish of aluminum bronze.

Masahiko NAKAYAMA*, John B. MOSER** and Evan H. GREENER** *Department of Dental Materials Science , Nippon Dental University, Tokyo 102 Japan **Department of Biological Materials, Dental School, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 60611 U.S.A. Address: Department of Biological Materials, Dental School, Northwestern University, 311 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611 U.S.A. Rece...