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'''Megallium''' is a [[Social:Trademark|trademark]] for an [[Chemistry:Alloy|alloy]] of 60% [[Chemistry:Cobalt|cobalt]], 20% [[Chemistry:Chromium|chromium]], 5% [[Chemistry:Molybdenum|molybdenum]], and traces of other substances.  The alloy is used in [[Medicine:Dentistry|dentistry]] because of its light weight, resistance to [[Chemistry:Corrosion|corrosion]] and hypo-allergenic (nickel free) properties. Megallium was developed by John Leonard Attenborough for Attenborough Dental Laboratories in 1951.

==External links==
*[http://www.attenborough.com/uk/about/history.asp#1950 History from attenborough.com]
*[http://www.attenborough.com/uk/services/cobalt_chromium.asp Dental Applications from attenborough.com]
*[http://www.attenborough.com/uk/services/cobalt_chromium1.asp Dental Samples from attenborough.com]
*[http://www.attenborough.com/uk/services/cobalt_chromium2.asp Dental Techniques from attenborough.com]

[[Category:Cobalt alloys]]
[[Category:Chromium alloys]]

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