Post electron-beam irradiation oxidation of orthopaedic UHMWPE

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1695-1703

  Costa, L ^a   Carpentieri, I ^a   Bracco, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Irradiation; Oxidation; Polyethylene; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; KETONES; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID NITROGEN; MECHANISMS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OXYGEN; RADIATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CHEMICAL-; DERIVATISATION; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATIONS; HYDROPEROXIDES; IN-VACUUM; OXIDATION MECHANISMS; OXIDATION PROCESSES; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PHY SICAL CHANGES; POLYETHYLENE; POST-IRRADIATION; PURE OXYGEN; RADIATION DOSE; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SHORT TIME; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION; SPECTRAL SUBTRACTIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; THIN SECTIONS; UHMWPE;

OXIDATION;

EID: 50849128462     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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