Saturday, 28 November 2015

Dental casting gypsum bonded investment material | MDS entrance preaparations

Which of the following is not true about casting gypsum bonded investment material:

A. It is used for cast metal alloys
B. 50 - 65% of gypsum changes to form α-hemihydrate
C. The investment material is not heated above 700° temperature
D. Heating above 700° of investment causes formation of sulphur dioxide from copper sulphate.


        Ans. (B) 50 -65% of gypsum changes to form a-hemihydrate: 

The essential ingredients of the dental inlay investment employed with the conventional gold casting alloys are ot-hemihydrate of gypsum, quartz or crysloballite which are allolropic forms of silica.

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