The effect of irradiation, annealing temperature, and artificial aging on the oxidation, mechanical properties, and fracture mechanisms of UHMWPE

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 908-917

  Luisetto, Yannick ^a   Wesslen, Bengt ^a   Maurer, Frans ^a   Lidgren, Lars ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annealing; Fracture mechanism; Gamma sterilization; Mechanical properties; Oxidation; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MELTING; OXIDATION;

MELTING TEMPERATURE;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEAT TREATMENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MECHANICS; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0346124144     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10090     Document Type: Article

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