Gamma irradiation alters fatigue-crack behavior and fracture toughness in 1900H and GUR 1050 UHMWPE

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 559-566

  Cole, Jantzen C ^a   Lemons, Jack E ^b   Eberhardt, Alan W ^a,c  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture toughness; Gamma irradiation; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DOSIMETRY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; WEAR RESISTANCE;

TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; RADIATION DOSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036381521     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10335     Document Type: Article

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