Comparative cyclic stress-strain and fatigue resistance behavior of electron-beam- and gamma-irradiated ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-160

  Urries I ^a   Medel, F J ^a   Rios R ^a   Gomez Barrena E ^b   Puertolas J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Electron beam irradiation; Fatigue; Gamma irradiation; Polyethylene; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; FATIGUE TESTING; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT TREATMENT; HIP PROSTHESES; IRRADIATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

FATIGUE RESISTANCE; INCUBATION PERIOD; PLASTIC STRAINS; SECANT MODULUS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 3042805175     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30033     Document Type: Article

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