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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 33, 2015
ESOMAT 2015 – 10th European Symposium on Martensitic Transformations
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| Article Number | 03016 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | NiTi-based alloys | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20153303016 | |
| Published online | 07 December 2015 | |
Effect of heat treatment on K3, K3XF and MTwo endodontic files
1 CENIMAT/i3N, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2 Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str. 1, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany
a Corresponding author: fbf@fct.unl.pt
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on the transformation temperatures of K3, K3XF and MTwo endodontic files. DSC was used to investigate the domains of transformation temperatures and how the transformation temperatures vary along the file. The files were analysed as received and subjected to heat treatment. X-ray diffraction analysis was also used to investigate the stress-induced martensite transformation on the files under flexion. The results show that heat treatment influences the transformation temperatures and that under flexion, the conditions and situations in which files present a stress-induced martensite transformation can be identified.
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