Mechanical integrity of compression-moulded ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene: Effects of varying process conditions

Biomaterials

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3773-3783

  Wu, J J ^a   Buckley, C P ^a   O'Connor, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression moulding; Oxidation; Reptation; UHMWPE; Voiding

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; FUSION REACTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PROSTHETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

DIRECT COMPRESSION MOULDINGS;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOULD; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; HUMANS;

EID: 0036017276     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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