On the morphology of some irradiated ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1621-1631

  Barron, Declan ^a   Birkinshaw, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crystalinity; Irradiation; Morphology; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HIP PROSTHESES; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMORPHOUS CONTENT; CRYSTAL POPULATION; CRYSTALINITY; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION DOSE; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 78650849819     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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