Influence of sterilization by gamma irradiation and of thermal annealing on creep of hydroxyapatite-reinforced polyethylene composites

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-22

  Suwanprateeb, J ^a,b   Tanner, K E ^a   Turner, S ^a   Bonfield, W ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL METAL AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Creep; Gamma irradiation; Hydroxyapatite polyethylene composites; Isochronous stress strain; Particulate filled composites; Polyethylene; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CREEP TESTING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROXYAPATITE;

BIOMATERIALS;

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CROSS LINKING; DEVICE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030631580     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199801)39:1<16::AID-JBM3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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