Abstract: Disclosed is an alloy that is a combination by weight percent of 78 to 84 percent nickel, 11 to 15 percent chromium, 3 to 5 percent vanadium, and 1 to 2 percent beryllium. Any balance of other elements make up less than 7 percent with aluminum, manganese, silicon, tin, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, tungsten, titanium, iron, boron, and carbon specifically disclosed. The alloy is, in particular, a dental casting alloy or dental veneering alloy, and dental prostheses containing the alloy is a feature of the disclosure.

Abstract: A nickel base casting alloy containing 10 to 25 percent chromium, 3 to 8 percent manganese, 3 to 10 percent niobium, 0 to 3.5 percent aluminum, 0.5 to 2.0 percent beryllium which exhibits lower melting characteristics allowing enhanced compatibility to gypsum bonded investments.

Abstract: A ceramic raw material essentially contains a pre-formed leucite filler which is obtained by reacting alumina, silica and potassium carbonate and/or oxide at a temperature of at least 1149.degree. C, and nepheline syenite. A leucite-nepheline syenite ceramic raw material which is useful as a dental porcelain powder contains 14 percent by weight of sodium-, potassium-, and lithium carbonates and 86 percent by weight of a 5 percent leucite/95 percent nepheline syenite mixture.Upon fusing of the ceramic raw material of the invention, ceramic bodies are formed which have a crystalline leucite phase dispersed in a matrix of a glassy nepheline phase and any other constituents of the ceramic. The leucite provides the ceramic bodies with desirable properties of controlled thermal expansion and high strength.