Oxidation of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene characterized by fourier transform infrared spectrometry

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Goldman, M ^a,b   Lee, M ^a,b   Gronsky, R ^a,b   Pruitt, L ^c  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FTIR; Joint replacements; Orthopedics; Oxidation; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; JOINT PROSTHESES; ORTHOPEDICS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

HYALURONIC ACID;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IMPLANT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OXIDATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STERILIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031260268     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199710)37:1<43::AID-JBM6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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