“…The details of alloy preparation as well as of microstructural and magnetic characterization are described elsewhere [4]. Besides pure Fe and Pt (Goodfellow) other commercial dental alloys have been tested as reference materials: the ferritic steel Fe-30Cr-0.18Ni-2Mo-0.15Si-0.04Mn corresponding to the stainless steel SUS447J1, the spring steel Fe-18Cr-18Mn-2Mo-1N (Scheu-Dental GmbH, Germany) and two CoCr-alloys, 63Co-28.5Cr-6Mo-0.4Si-1W-0.6Mn-0.5C (CoCr dental alloy 1, hard) and 65Co-27Cr-6Mo-0.4Si-1W-0.6Mn-0.1C (CoCr dental alloy 2, soft) (both AZ&Partner, Switzerland).…”