Effect of crosslinking UHMWPE on its tensile and compressive creep performance

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-183

  Lewis, Gladius ^a   Carroll, Michael ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Crosslink density; Crosslinking; Crystallinity; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CROSS LINKING; GAMMA RADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034850002     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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