Consolidation conditions for a cold-welded mercury-free alloy

F C Eichmiller1, A A Giuseppetti, E E Parry

  • 1American Dental Association Health Foundation, Paffenberger Research Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.

Northwest Dentistry
|September 1, 1995
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