Apparent fracture toughness of acrylic bone cement: Effect of test specimen configuration and sterilization method

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-78

  Lewis, Gladius ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone cement; Compact tension specimen; Fracture toughness; Short rod specimen; Sterilization method; Three point bend specimen

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TENSILE TESTING;

COMPACT TENSION SPECIMEN; SHORT ROD SPECIMEN; THREE-POINT BEND SPECIMEN;

BONE CEMENT;

ACRYLIC CEMENT; PALACOS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BONE CEMENTS; ELASTICITY; GAMMA RAYS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; STERILIZATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032894783     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(98)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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