Focused Quiz: 9/29 Flashcards
Gypsum is made of:
calcium sulfate dihydrate (CSD - think cast)
We use gypsum for:
casts and investment material
how is a dihydrate made to hemi?
reduction/ oxidation
Both alpha and beta hemihydrate have this driven off:
water
Which is the natural form, di or hemi hydrate?
di
How is a-hemihydrate produced?
steam and pressure
Shape of crystalline HH:
rods, prisms (a-HH can be cuboidal)
How is b-HH produced?
heating in air (dessication)
Shape of b-hh:
irregular
What is b-hh?
fibrous aggregate of fine crystals
How many times more soluble is hh than dh?
4 times
What precipitates when water is added to HH?
DH
As more DH precipitates:
more HH dissolves
What initiates setting expansion?
DH formation, molecules bumping into one and other
How to increase nucleation:
over spatulation, less water, dirt, slurry water, finer particle size of HH
How to inc reaction rate:
inc nucleation, additives (inorganic salts, K2SO4)
How to decrease the rate of reaction:
more water, shorter, slower mixing, blood, borax, coarser particle size of HH
How to enhance setting expansion:
by nuclei forming close together, less water, over spatulation
surface tension is aka:
restriction
How to remove surface tension on gyspum:
put setting gypsum under water
Does surface tension restrict or aide movement?
restricts
hygroscopic:
tending to absorb moisture from the air
Setting expansion of gypsum:
0-0.3%, very small
How will increased porosit affect strength?
decrease
What affects amt of porosity?
w/p ratio, vaccum mixing
How do accelerators and retarders affect compressive stregnht?
decrease
Surface area of particles is proportional to:
amt of water needed to “float and coat”
“Float and coat”
getting particles into suspension, not dissolving, supersaturated solution that can precipitate, denser = stronger
w/p ratio affects
set strength, ratio of hemihydrate or dihydrate in the mix
How much dimensional change does gypsum undergo if under running water for 20m?
0.1%
What should you soak a gypsum cast in?
saturated calcium sulfate, best: a container with gypsum pieces on bottom
Why does snap stone set faster?
additives added
Dental stone, high strength:
Type 4
Dental plaster:
Type 2
Impression plaster:
Type 1
Dental stone, high strength, high expansion:
Type 5
Dental stone:
Type 3
Type I plaster are made of:
polysulfides and polyethers
Type I dental stone:
impression plaster, rarely used, lowest strenth, porous b-HH, 0.5W/ 0.75P, setting expansion: 0-0.15%
Type II:
Dental plaster, usually white, mounting plaster, denture flasking, weak, 0.45W/ 0.5P, setting expansion: 0-0.3%, accuracy not required
Type II, a-hh or b-hh?
b-hh
Type III, a-h or b-hh:
a-hh
Type III:
dental stone, calcination (reduction/ oxidiation) under steam, a-hh, 0.28W/ 0.3P, settting expansion: 0-0.2%
Type III stone has half the w/p ratio as these
Type I and almost Type II (0.5 vs. 0.45)
What accounts for the drop in the w/p ratio for Type III stone?
a-hh, reduced sa
Type IV dental stone:
densite a-hh, cuboidal-shaped particles (reduced sa), 0.22W/ 0.24P, setting expansion: 0.0.1%
Type V dental stone:
stronger that IV, 0.18W/ 0.22P, setting expansion: 0.1-0.3%, expansion compensates for base metal shrinkage
What does Type V stone expansion compensate for?
base metal shrinkage in casting
Type IV, a-hh or b-hh?
a-hh
Which is more accurate, weight or volumetric measurements?
weight
Next ppt:
investment materials and metal alloys
the sprue is cast onto this (not the tooth):
crucible former
What happens after the sprue is attached to the tooth?
burnout and sectioned
Steps to lost wax technique:
impression, cast, restoration in wax, invest wax pattern, burnout, cast
How should investment be mixed?
under vacuum
Big contact angle:
Big glob of water (check, this was backwards in my notes)
Function of investment:
preservation of the wax pattern after melting
Material that can be used for lost wax tech:
alloy or ceramic
Wax, high or low surface energy?
low, needs wetting agent
Why do we need wetting agent?
lots of water in investment material, doesn’t spread well over wax (lipid), this helps preserve the pattern
Ideal properties of investment:
heat resistabt, expands, accurate reproduction, strength, porosity for gas escape, ability to recover casting
What stone to use to compensate for alloy shrinkage:
Type 4
What would make recovering the cast difficult?
material that is too strong
2 main components of investment:
refractory material, binder
refractory material:
resistant to high temps, not easily melted or worked
Is investment heat resistant?
yes
Refractory used in investment:
silica, quartz or cristobalite
How is thermal expansion controlled in investment?
inversion: low temp (alpha) and high-temp (beta) phases
Function of refractory:
strenght, resistant to heat, and thermal expansion
Greater expansion: cristobalite or quartz?
cristobalite
Undergoes thermal expansion at a lower temp, cristobalite or quartz?
cristobalite (250C vs 573C)
Cristobalite can get up to __% expansion:
2%
Binder:
added to form dry ingredients to maintain even consistency
Function of binder:
strength for investment