Today almost all manufacturers of dental materials in their certificates of quality of material give its chemical composition, mechanical properties, process ability in aesthetic characteristics while informations about thermal properties are not available.Within the work measurements of the thermal properties of five selected, in daily dental prac...

By Borut Kosec, Mateja Vodlan, Blaž Karpe, Aleš Nagode, Milan Bizjak, Igor Kopač, Alenka Pavlič, Igor Budak, Tatjana Puškar, Henry Taubmann, Mirko Gojić

FeCrAl alloys have good oxidation resistance at elevated temperature owing to the formation of a continuous Al2O3 surface film, which acts as an oxygen diffusion barrier. The aim of the present study was to investigate the early stages of protective oxide layer formation and its growth on specially prepared commercial FeCrAl alloys, Kanthal AF (K-A...

By Stojana Veskovič, Milan Bizjak, Blaž Karpe, Aleš Nagode, Samo Smolej, Janez Kovač, Gorazd Kosec