Mechanical relaxation of medical grade uhmwpe of different crosslink density as prepared by electron beam irradiation

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-59

  Gøuchel, Ulrich ^a   Ulrich, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Crystallization; Electron beam irradiation; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR FREQUENCIES; CHAIN MOBILITY; CONSTANT DEGREE; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION DOSE; LAMELLAR PHASIS; MECHANICAL RELAXATIONS; NANOMETRES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UHMW-PE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

IRRADIATION;

CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67249130705     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.29852     Document Type: Article

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