Oxidation behaviour in prosthetic UHMWPE components sterilised with high energy radiation in a low-oxygen environment

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2030-2038

  Bracco, P ^a   Brach del Prever, E M ^b   Cannas, M ^c   Luda, M P ^a   Costa, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Genetica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron beam; FTIR; Gamma irradiation; Oxidation; Packaging; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PACKAGING; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

DERIVATISATION TECHNIQUES; HIGH ENERGY RADIATION; HYDROPEROXIDES; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 33744519151     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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