Is stainless steel mixed with any other metals? Essentially Stainless steel actually contains amalgam?!
Question: Is stainless steel mixed with any other metals.? Essentially Stainless steel actually contains amalgam.?
As an example, the stainless steel in braces.?
I heard that stainless steel is made of several different metals and nickel is one of them, NOW, nickel actually contains amalgam.?
So essentially stainless steel is actually amalgum.?
So when the dentist loosely says they filling a tooth with stainless steel, is the stainless still going to be pure or part of a mixture.?Health Question & Answer
I heard that stainless steel is made of several different metals and nickel is one of them, NOW, nickel actually contains amalgam.?
So essentially stainless steel is actually amalgum.?
So when the dentist loosely says they filling a tooth with stainless steel, is the stainless still going to be pure or part of a mixture.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
In it's simplest form, stainless steel is a combination of carbon steel which rusts easily and another metal or metals that are corrosion resistant. Most common corrosion resistant metals used in stainless steel is chromium and nickel.
You might have heard knife, cookware or cutlery companies touting their "18/10" or "18/8" stainless steels; they are referring to the content of chromium and nickel:
18/10 is 18% chromium, 10% nickel and the rest is plain old low carbon iron. 18/8 is 18% chromium, 10% nickel and the rest is low carbon iron.
Nickel does NOT contain amalgam. Nickel is a pure metal element with the atomic number of 28.
Stainless steel is NOT an amalgam, it is an ALLOY(mixture) of different metals.
Amalgam is the result of mixing mercury with another metal - most commonly for dentistry. For those who prefer a lead free filling, nickel may be substituted for mercury.
I'm not sure what a dentist means by filling a tooth with stainless steel; it is usually used as a crown to cover a repaired tooth.
Additional metals used in creating different alloys of stainless steels are molybdenum (watches, surgical tools), titanium(aircraft, heat resistant applications), manganese, vanadium.
Hope this helped.Health Question & Answer
You might have heard knife, cookware or cutlery companies touting their "18/10" or "18/8" stainless steels; they are referring to the content of chromium and nickel:
18/10 is 18% chromium, 10% nickel and the rest is plain old low carbon iron. 18/8 is 18% chromium, 10% nickel and the rest is low carbon iron.
Nickel does NOT contain amalgam. Nickel is a pure metal element with the atomic number of 28.
Stainless steel is NOT an amalgam, it is an ALLOY(mixture) of different metals.
Amalgam is the result of mixing mercury with another metal - most commonly for dentistry. For those who prefer a lead free filling, nickel may be substituted for mercury.
I'm not sure what a dentist means by filling a tooth with stainless steel; it is usually used as a crown to cover a repaired tooth.
Additional metals used in creating different alloys of stainless steels are molybdenum (watches, surgical tools), titanium(aircraft, heat resistant applications), manganese, vanadium.
Hope this helped.Health Question & Answer
Well iron oxide is rust. So they coat the steel or iron with something else that does not turn into rust when it becomes oxidized. Like zincHealth Question & Answer