Evolution of morphology in UHMWPE following accelerated aging: The effect of heating rates

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-120

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a   Pruitt, Lisa A ^b   Crane, Deborah J ^b   Edidin, Avram A ^c  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Degradation; Morphology; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ANNEALING; BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ACCELERATED AGING;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; STERILIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032949081     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199907)46:1<112::AID-JBM13>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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