Free radical elimination in irradiated UHMWPE through crystal mobility in phase transition to the hexagonal phase

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4733-4739

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Godleski Beckos, Christine ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Crystal mobility; Free radicals

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ACCELERATED AGING; AMBIENT PRESSURES; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; EXTENDED CHAIN CRYSTALS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; RESIDUAL FREE RADICALS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

FREE RADICALS;

CROSS LINKING; IRRADIATION; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 52949139430     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.07.049     Document Type: Article

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