The Effect of Dose Rate on the Morphology of Gamma Irradiated Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 3433-3437

  Stephens, Christopher Phillip ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose Rate; Gamma Irradiation; UHMWPE; Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DOSE RATE;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0141840625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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