Heat Treatment Of Dental Alloys

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Heat treatment of alloys is done in order to alter their mechanical properties.

There are two types of heat treatment:

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Softening Heat Treatment (Solution Heat Treatment): “Softening heat treatment increases ductility, but reduces strength, proportional limit, and hardness.
- Indications: It is indicated for appliances that are to be ground, shaped, or otherwise cold worked in or outside the mouth.
- Method:
  - The casting is placed in an electric furnace for 10 minutes at 700°C, and then it is quenched in water.
  - During this period, all intermediate phases are changed to a disordered solid solution.
  - The rapid quenching prevents ordering from occurring during cooling.

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Hardening Heat Treatment (Age Hardening): “Hardening heat treatment increases strength, proportional limit, and hardness but decreases ductility”. Copper present in the gold alloy helps in the age-hardening process.
- Heat Treatment Indications: For strengthening metallic dentures, saddles, bridges, and other similar structures before use in the mouth.
- Heat Treatment Method:
  - Heat Treatment is done by “soaking” or aging the casting at a specific temperature for a definite time, usually 15 to 30 minutes
  - Heat Treatment is then water quenched or cooled slowly.
  - The aging temperature depends on the alloy composition but is generally between 200°C 450 450°C.
  - During this period, the intermediate phases are changed to an ordered solid solution.

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