Abstract
The ESCA technique provides a useful approach to identifying probable sites of fracture initiation in ceramic-fused-to-metal systems in which the analyzed fracture area is 1 mm2 or larger. The primary disadvantages of this technique include high equipment cost, the need for meticulous removal of superficial oxide layers formed at room temperature, and susceptibility to surface contamination by carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. From this study the following may be concluded: 1. Judgment of the composition of any fracture surface (except that which occurs exclusively in porcelain) by naked-eye examination or optical microscopic inspection may be erroneous. 2. Generalizations on the nature of adherence zone failures for nonprecious allow-ceramic systems should not be made in the absence of fracture surface or adherence zone composition data determined by means of an acceptable analytical technique. 3. It appears unlikely that fractures originating in one of the regions of the adherence zone will have a composition analysis identical to that of metal, metal oxide, or bonding agent standards, since considerable interdiffusion or chemical interaction between these regions will have altered the original chemical compositions.
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