Large deformation compression induced crystallinity degradation of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPEs

Biomaterials

Volumn 26, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 6430-6439

  Sobieraj, Michael C ^a   Kurtz, Steven M ^b,c   Rimnac, Clare M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Crosslinking; Crystallinity; Density; Differential scanning calorimetry; Lamellar thickness; Melt temperature; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REMELTING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

COMPRESSIVE DEFORMATION; CRYSTALLINITY DEGRADATION; MELT TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

NITROGEN; RESIN; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; GAMMA RADIATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IRRADIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22544454183     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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