Long-term in-vitro wear performance of an innovative thermo-compressed cross-linked polyethylene

Tribology International

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Affatato, S ^a   Zavalloni, M ^a   Spinelli, M ^a,b   Costa, L ^c   Bracco, P ^c   Viceconti, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional UHMWPE; FTIR analysis; Oxidation; PE GUR 1020; PE GUR 1050; Wear

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR CUP; CALF SERUM; CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; FTIR ANALYSIS; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; HIP SIMULATORS; IN-VITRO; THERMO-COMPRESSION; UHMW-PE; ULTRA-HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; WEAR PERFORMANCE; WEAR RATES;

FLIP CHIP DEVICES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; THERMOPLASTICS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 74249091359     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2009.04.049     Document Type: Article

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