A gold-chromium-cobalt alloy for sliding contacts

Effect of particulate cobalt, chromium and cobalt-chromium alloy on human osteoblast-like cells in vitro.

Bond Strength of Gold Alloys Laser Welded to Cobalt-Chromium Alloy

The objective of this study was to investigate the joint properties between cast gold alloys and Co-Cr alloy laser-welded by Nd:YAG laser. Cast plates were fabricated from three types of gold alloys (Type IV, Type II and low-gold) and a Co-Cr alloy. Each gold alloy was laser-welded to Co-Cr using a dental laser-welding machine. Homogeneously-welded and non-welded control specimens were also pre...

Reaction of cobalt-chromium casting alloy with investment.

REACTION DE ALLIGATO FUSIONAL DE COBALT E CHROMO CON INVESTIMENTO.-Alterationes chimic occurrente intra le investimento ligate a phosphate durante le prisa e le cocer esseva determinate per technicas a diffraction de radios X. Es postulate le occurrentia de certe reactiones durante le processo. Tests del resistentia al compression effectuate a varie temperatures corroborava ille postulates. Ess...

The effects of particulate cobalt, chromium and cobalt-chromium alloy on human osteoblast-like cells in vitro.

Particulate wear debris can induce the release of bone-resorbing cytokines from cultured macrophages and fibroblasts in vitro, and these mediators are believed to be the cause of the periprosthetic bone resorption which leads to aseptic loosening in vivo. Much less is known about the effects of particulate debris on the growth and metabolism of osteoblastic cells. We exposed two human osteoblas...

A dental technician with pulmonary fibrosis: a case of chromium-cobalt alloy pneumoconiosis?

A 45 yr old male developed pulmonary fibrosis after 29 yrs of employment as a dental technician. He subsequently developed adenocarcinoma of the lung. Diffuse interstitial fibrosis was seen using light microscopy. Neutron activation analysis of non-neoplastic lung tissue demonstrated high levels of chromium and cobalt suggesting the possibility of a chromium-cobalt alloy pneumoconiosis.