Thermal analysis evaluation of mechanical properties changes promoted by gamma radiation on surgical polymeric textiles

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 191, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 675-679

  Ferreira, L M ^a   Casimiro, M H ^a   Oliveira, C ^a   CabeCo Silva M E ^b   Marques Abreu, M J ^b   Coelho, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c FAPOMED Indústria de Confecção de Produtos Médico Cirúrgicos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

MCNP; Polymeric surgical textiles; Radiosterilisation; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; HEALTH CARE; LAMINATES; POLYMERS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYMERIC SURGICAL TEXTILES;

SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBERS;

GAMMA RAYS; LAMINATES; NONWOVENS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036574659     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(02)00631-6     Document Type: Article

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