Effect of Melt Flow Rate of Polyethylene on Bioactivity and Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene/Titania Composites

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 254-256, Issue , 2004, Pages 569-572

  Takadama, Hiroaki ^a   Hashimoto, Masami ^a   Takigawa, Yorinobu ^a   Mizuno, Mineo ^a   Kokubo, Tadashi ^b  

^a JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bioactivity; Composite; Polyethylene; Simulated body fluid; Titania (anatase)

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; BONE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDROXYAPATITE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOACTIVITY; MELT FLOW RATE (MFR);

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0346255254     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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