Radiation effects on polypropylene for sterilization

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 323-334

  Khang, Gilson ^a   Lee, Hai Bang ^a   Park, Joon B ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Additives; Gamma radiation sterilization; Polypropylene; Trans stilbens oxide; Yellow index

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; POLYPROPYLENE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; STILBENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GAMMA RAYS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STERILIZATION; STILBENES;

EID: 0030329436     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/bme-1996-6502     Document Type: Article

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