Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectric ceramics, thin and/or thick layers produced therefrom and a method for the production thereof and the use of the dielectrics and of the thin and/or thick layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectric ceramics, thin and/or thick layers produced therefrom and a method for the production thereof and the use of the dielectrics and of the thin and/or thick layers.

Abstract: In dental ceramics containing zirconium dioxide and silicon-dioxide with a Zr/Si ratio of between 0.5 and 1.0, 1 to 12 wt % of aluminum oxide and up to 2 wt % of an alkali- or earth alkali metal oxide, those materials are selectively mixed with yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide with a Zr/Si ratio of the mixture being between 0.5 and 1 wt % and also a silicon organic compound as well as a compression aid, and a green body is formed from the mixture by milling, which green body is then sintered.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber optic material which comprises a polymer and at least one organic compound introduced therein. Said organic compound is a condensed aromatic ring system having two or more aromatic rings that are isocyclic or heterocyclic, wherein every heteroatom is associated with exactly one ring if the ring is heterocyclic. The fiber optic material according to the invention is preferably used for the core of an optical waveguide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing ceramic structures and gradient structures whose particle size distribution has at least partly smaller values than the particle size distribution of the suspension from which the same are produced. According to the inventive method, a suspension containing ceramic particles is provided between a couple of electrodes, whereupon an electric field is applied to the couple of electrodes while the electrode surfaces of the couple of electrodes are placed perpendicular to a component of a gravitational field such that a fraction of the particles is deposited on the electrode of the couple of electrodes, which is located upstream of the component of the gravitational field, in the form of a ceramic structure.

Abstract: In dental ceramics containing zirconium dioxide and sili-con-dioxide with a Zr/Si ratio of between 0.5 and 1.0, 1 to 12 wt % of aluminum oxide and up to 2 wt % of an alkali - or earth alkali metal oxide, those materials are selectively mixed with yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide with a Zr/Si ratio of the mixture being between 0.5 and 1 wt % and also a silicon organic compound as well as a compression aid, and a green body is formed from the mixture by milling, which green body is then sintered.

Abstract: The invention proposes to produce a mixture that is shrink-resistant, or has a freely selectable degree of shrinkage, and can be used as a molding compound, and a method for producing a corresponding oxide-ceramic sintered body. The molding compound comprises an intermetallic compound and a wax. In the method for producing an oxide-ceramic sintered body, a green body is molded from a molding compound of this type, dewaxed and sintered in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a ceramic sintered body. The molding compound is suited for producing dentures and dental fillings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber optic material which comprises a polymer and at least one organic compound introduced therein. Said organic compound is a condensed aromatic ring system having two or more aromatic rings that are isocyclic or heterocyclic, wherein every heteroatom is associated with exactly one ring if the ring is heterocyclic. The fiber optic material according to the invention is preferably used for the core of an optical waveguide.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing metallic or ceramic microparts using a three-dimensional body formed by first and second polymer fractions in a two-component injection molding process, wherein one of the polymer fractions comprises an electrically non-conductive polymer and the second an electrically conductive polymer, the polymer fraction used for the first injection molding step has a higher melting point than the polymer fraction used in the second injection molding step and the metal micropart is formed by galvanic deposition of a metal from an electrolyte and the ceramic micropart is formed by electrophoretic deposition of ceramic material from a ceramic suspension or colloid on the electrically conductive polymer fraction surface of a substrate surface of the interim body.

Abstract: The invention proposes to produce a mixture that is shrink-resistant, or has a freely selectable degree of shrinkage, and can be used as a molding compound, and a method for producing a corresponding oxide-ceramic sintered body. The molding compound comprises an intermetallic compound and a wax. In the method for producing an oxide-ceramic sintered body, a green body is molded from a molding compound of this type, dewaxed and sintered in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a ceramic sintered body. The molding compound is suited for producing dentures and dental fillings.

Abstract: Dental composites containing hybrid fillers and process for their production. Dental compounds are disclosed which contain two- or multi-phase inorganic fillers in an organic polymer matrix. These are characterized by improved abrasion resistance.

Abstract: In a method for the manufacture, by means of lithography, of ceramic small and micro-parts, a pre-ceramic silicon containing polymer layer is deposited on a highly temperature resistant substrate and then dried at room temperature. The layer is then exposed in an image pattern to electromagnetic radiation and the exposed layer is developed in an organic solvent to remove the non-exposed areas. The preparation is then pyrolyzed at more than 900° C. and finally sintered at a temperature of at least 1600° C. to form a ceramic structured layer on the substrate.

Abstract: Dental composites containing hybrid fillers and process for their production. Dental compounds are disclosed which contain two- or multi-phase inorganic fillers in an organic polymer matrix. These are characterized by improved abrasion resistance.

Abstract: Dental material based on polymerizable (for example ethylenically unsaturated) monomers, epoxides, ormocers, liquid crystal monomers, oxethanes, spiro-orthoesters or spiro-carbonates as binders, a catalyst for cold, hot and/or photo-polymerization, and fillers, and a process for its preparation. Porous glass ceramics, a process for their preparation and uses thereof are also described. Dental materials according to the invention are suitable as alternative materials to the use of amalgam fillings.

Abstract: As replacements for noble metal containing alloys fused to porcelain in dental prosthetics there are needed alloys based on cobalt-chromium-tungsten which have a hardness of less than 300 (HV 5), can be veneered faced with known dental ceramics without problems and can be worked without problem with the customary working techniques. Such alloys contain in addition to 42-69.5 weight % cobalt, 10-35 weight % chromium, and 5-25 weight % tungsten, 2-10 weight % iron, 1-4 weight % aluminum, 0-5 weight % rhenium, and 0-2 weight % titanium, whereby the sum of the content oc chromium, tungsten, and rhenium is between 27.5 and 45 weight % and the sum of aluminum and titanium is below 5 weight %.

Abstract: Low gold dental alloys, especially for firing on dental porcelains, should be easily worked, result in no discolorations and bubble formation in the firing, and have a physiologically replaceable hardness and a low melting interval. These properties are shown by alloys having 20 to 35 wt. % gold and 45 to 65 wt. % palladium if they also contain(a) 6 to 15 wt. % copper and 0 to 10 wt. % nickel,(b) 0 to 12 wt. % indium, 0 to 12 wt. % tin, and 0 to 4 wt. % gallium, with the proviso that the sum of the content of indium and tin added to two and one-half times the gallium content must give a value between 5 and 15 wt. %,(c) 0.1 to 1 wt. % iridium and/or rhenium and/or ruthenium, and(d) optionally 0 to 1 wt. % aluminum, 0 to 1 wt. % tantalum, 0 to 1 wt. % titanium and/or 0 to 5 wt. % silver.

Abstract: There are applied gold containing preparations as intermediate layers for facing fired on alloys with ceramic compositions in the dental art. These gold preparations should improve the adhesiveness, form a structured surface and make possible a saving in the consumption of gold. This is accomplished with preparations that contain 60 to 95% gold powder, at least 50% of which are platelet shaped particles, 5-40% of a binder and in a given case up to 20 of a powder as an adhesive which is made of metals and/or non-metals.

Abstract: Gold-containing preparations which improve the adhesiveness, guarantee an esthetic appearance, and should make possible a saving in gold consumption are needed for the production of intermediate layers for the facings of fired on alloys in the dental art with ceramic compositions. This is accomplished with preparation that contain 50 to 94% gold powder having a particle size <30.mu., 5-40% binder made of organic solvent and resin components are 1-20% of a metal powder whose particle size is greater than of the gold powder used and whose melting temperature is above that of gold.