LIQUID METAL/CERAMIC INTERFACES IN DENTAL PRACTICE AND JEWELLERY MANUFACTURING

Metal-ceramic fusing has been the essential step in obtaining materials that benefit from both ceramic and metal constituents. i e where the combined properties of metal and ceramic layers are desirable When considering fusing methods. soldering and active metal brazing are the most effective These processes involve braze melting and flowing between the two pieces of material In the first part the phenomena occurring on the boundary between the ceramics and the active filler metal during the metal-ceramics joining are discussed Three interconnected sub-processes are considered (1) wetting of the ceramic surface. (2) chemical reactions at the Interlace and (3) diffusion with a moving interface Then, the appearances at the grain boundary grooves of the ceramic surface are presented as phenomena on the catalytic surface In the second pan, examples from dental practice and jewellery manufacturing are used for comparative analysis Finally we discuss the composition and properties of the soldering and brazing alloys used for dental practice and jewellery manufacturing