Generally, any combination or blend of two or more substances; more specifically it is applied to an alloy of mercury with another metal, especially with silver when used as dental...

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MEDICINE Viewpoint: Yes, the mercury used in dental fillings is dangerous to human health and can cause a variety of adverse effects. Viewpoint: No, the mercury used in dental fillings does not pose a significant threat to human health. To the...

An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with another metal. Most metals are soluble in mercury, but some (such as iron) are not. Amalgam also may be a solution of metal-like ion complexes, such as ammonium. Amalgams are commonly used in dental...

With Bethlehem's success came further developments. In the early 1960s, Egil Lorntzsen, founder of Lornex Mining, made another sizeable discovery on the other side of the Valley. Thanks to his major shareholder, Rio Algom Mines, Lornex commenced production in 1972, and within a...

Going Native novelist conjures the Civil War era THE AMALGAMATION POLKA By Stephen Wright Knopf, 323 pp. $23.95 Summoning virtually every shade in the Americancan on (Melville to Cormac McCarthy, Twain to Pynchon) yet possessed of a rollicking, morbid tone all...

Amalgamated Bank, the country's only wholly union owned and operated bank, will open three Las Vegas branches Jan. 22.The bank is slated to acquire three Nevada State Bank branches after the branches close at 7 p.m. Jan. 18.According to Zions Bancorporation's Web site, the...

A bank owned by the parent union of the Culinary Union is seeking federal and state approval to acquire three Nevada State Bank branches in the valley. New York -based Amalgamated Bank has filed applications to acquire the three branches with the Nevada Financial Institutions...