The integrity of welded interfaces in ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene: Part 2-Interface toughness

Biomaterials

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3875-3881

  Haughie, David W ^a   Buckley, C Paul ^a   Wu, Junjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Fracture toughness; Interface; Joint replacement; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); WELDING;

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE (EWF) METHOD; INTERFACE; JOINT REPLACEMENT; MELTING POINTS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYMER; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MASS; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELDING;

ADHESIVENESS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HARDNESS; HEAT; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WELDING;

EID: 33644749588     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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