a duplicate consisiting of a refractory , castable ceramic is produced from a master model ; the duplicate is later used as the bat . a wax cap is modelled on the duplicated model made of refractory ceramic ; the wall thickness of the cap is roughly 0 . 3 mm . on the one hand , the wax performs the function of insulation against the model stump and on the other hand is used to enlarge the model to compensate for shrinkage which occurs during sintering . the wax cap can be formed from a wax sheet ( thickness 0 . 3 mm ) or produced using a dipping wax . a slip is applied to the model prepared in this manner ; the slip contains 10 % by volume tio 2 and 90 % by volume of a metal - powder mixture . the latter consists of 74 . 4 % by weight au powder ( spherical ) with a particle size less than 90 microns , 18 . 6 % by weight au powder ( flaky ) with a particle size less than 10 microns and 7 % by weight pt powder ( flaky ) with a particle size less than 15 microns . water with 0 . 5 g / l strontium chloride is used as the mixing liquid . the slip exhibits properties corresponding to those of dental ceramic slips . a veneerable crown cap is made with the slip using techniques conventional in modelling with dental ceramics and tools used for this purpose ( brush , spatula , fluting tool , etc .). upon completion of modelling , the entire configuration is kept for 30 minutes in a dewaxing furnace at 200 ° c . during this time the wax burns off without residue . afterwards , the dewaxed configuration is first placed in the drying chamber of the ceramic furnace and dried at 600 ° c . for 15 minutes , then moved into the firing chamber preheated to 1200 ° c . and sintered 15 minutes there . after sintering the crown cap is cooled in air and can then be removed from the bat . ceramic is applied directly to the sintered cap in conventional fashion without intermediate treatment . the crown produced in this manner features a metallic matrix and good fit , in concert with a high strength . the model is produced and prepared as described in example 1 . the slip admixed with water consists of 10 % by volume of tio 2 and 90 % by volume of metal powder mixture which in turn consists of 65 . 1 % by weight au powder ( spherical ) of fraction 36 - 25 microns , 27 . 9 % by weight au powder ( flaky ) less than 25 microns and 7 % by weight pt powder ( flaky ) less than 15 microns . a crown with a occlusal surface is modelled with this slip using techniques conventional in ceramic veneering . due to the outstanding modelling capacity of the slip , fine details on the occlusal surfaces can be formed . the stages of wax removal , drying and sintering proceed as in example 1 . after sintering , the crown is removed from the bat , the surface fine ground and subsequently polished . this crown also has a good fit . no pores can be recognized . the entire disclosure of german priority application no . p3532331 . 0 is hereby incorporated by reference . as used in the claims , the term metal is intended to cover pure metals and alloys of two or more metals . table 1__________________________________________________________________________ ( μm ) □ plateletspowder form /- size | needles ○ spherical composition in % by weightmaterialp1 p2 p3 p4 p1 : p2 : p3 : p4 rel . green__________________________________________________________________________ density1 ○ 90 - 71 -- -- -- 100 /--/--/ -- 352 ○ 90 - 71 ○ & lt ; 10 -- -- 70 / 30 /--/-- 583 ○ 90 - 71 ○ & lt ; 10 tio2 (& lt ; 1 ) -- 68 . 42 / 29 . 33 / 2 . 25 /-- 604 ○ 90 - 71 ○ & lt ; 10 bi2o3 (& lt ; 2 ) -- 66 . 94 / 28 . 68 / 4 . 38 /-- 735 ○ 90 - 71 □ & lt ; 25 -- -- 90 / 10 /--/-- 566 □ & lt ; 50 -- -- -- 100 /--/--/-- 9 . 87 □ & lt ; 50 ○ & lt ; 10 -- -- 90 / 10 /--/-- 198 □ & lt ; 50 □ & lt ; 15 ( pt ) □ & lt ; 15 ( pd ) -- 50 / 35 / 15 /-- 259 □ & lt ; 50 ␣ & lt ; 15 ( pt ) □ & lt ; 15 ( pd ) tio . sub . 2 (& lt ; 1 ) 48 . 74 / 34 . 13 / 14 . 63 / 2 . 5 47__________________________________________________________________________ table 2__________________________________________________________________________ rp 0 . 2powder form /- size μm ceramic additive in mpa bending test50 % au 15 % pd 35 % pt amount /% by vol . ts /° c . ρ /% compression rp / mpa rm / mpa__________________________________________________________________________1 □ & lt ; 25 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 1200 91 . 8 582 +- 432 □ & lt ; 25 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 1300 92 . 7 700 +- 83 □ & lt ; 25 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 + 10 vol % tio . sub . 2 1200 92 . 0 631 +- 214 □ & lt ; 25 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 + 20 vol % tio . sub . 2 1200 91 . 9 656 +- 165 □ & lt ; 25 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 + 10 vol % tio . sub . 2 1300 93 . 7 710 640 900 +- 15 +- 30 +- 506 □ & lt ; 25 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 + 10 vol % bi . sub . 2 o . sub . 3 1200 92 . 3 610 +- 207 □ & lt ; 50 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 1300 91 . 8 630 650 864 +- 15 +- 50 +- 1008 □ & lt ; 50 □ & lt ; 15 □ & lt ; 15 + 10 vol % tio . sub . 2 1300 97 . 2 720 +- 209 □ & lt ; 25 ○ & lt ; 10 ○ & lt ; 10 1300 91 . 0 566 +- 5__________________________________________________________________________ □ platelets ○ spheres
a denture with a metallic microstructure and with low shrinkage and porosity is produced by metallurgical sintering by providing a multimodal size distribution of coarse and fine fractions of metal powder , optionally also with glass or ceramic powder , converting this powder mixture with water into a slip , modelling the denture with this , and sintering the slip at a temperature which exceeds the solidus temperature of at least one component of the powder mixture .