Influence of the remelting process on the fatigue behavior of electron beam irradiated UHMWPE

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 346-353

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Crosslinking; Electron beam irradiation; Fatigue; Polyethylene; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ELECTRON BEAMS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HEAT TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; STRESS LIFE TESTING;

MELTING;

FREE RADICAL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRON BEAM; FATIGUE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MELTING POINT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION DOSE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRONS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 31544450000     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30378     Document Type: Article

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