Patent ID: 8623272

Claim:
A non-magnetic cobalt based dental alloy comprising: at least 30 wt. % Co; at least 25 wt. % Pd; at least 15 wt. % to 30 wt. % Cr; and at least one alloying material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, tantalum, vanadium and rhenium; wherein the concentration of the at least one alloying material is dependent on the concentration of Cr in accordance with the following: where Cr is at least 20 wt. % then the at least one alloying material is from 0 to 20 wt. %, and where Cr is less than 20 wt. % then the sum of Cr and the at least one alloying material is greater than 20 wt. %; and wherein the alloy is non-magnetic.