Shape and size of virgin ultrahigh molecular weight GUR 4150 HP polyethylene powder

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Pienkowski, D ^a,b,e   Hoglin, D P ^b   Jacob, R J ^c   Saum, K A ^d   Nicholls, P J ^a   Kaufer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POWDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

PARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; FRICTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES; POWDERS;

EID: 0030175528     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199622)33:2<65::AID-JBM2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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