On the assessment of oxidative stability of post-irradiation stabilized highly crosslinked UHMWPEs by thermogravimetry

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Martinez Morlanes M J ^a   Medel, F J ^a   Mariscal, M D ^a   Puertolas J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FTIR; Highly crosslinked UHMWPE; Oxidation; Stabilization; TGA; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKED; FTIR; OXIDATION STABILIZATION; UHMW-PE; VITAMIN-E;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; STABILIZATION; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950925534     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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