Mechanisms of decrease in fatigue crack propagation resistance in irradiated and melted UHMWPE

Biomaterials

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 917-925

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Malhi, Arnaz S ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Cross linking; Electron beam; Fatigue; Plasticity; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARTHROPLASTY; FRACTURE SURFACES; RADIATION CROSS-LINKING; RADIATION DOSE;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOG; IRRADIATION; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

COLD; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 26944432688     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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