The elimination of free radicals in irradiated UHMWPEs with and without vitamin e stabilization by annealing under pressure

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 97 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Ghali, Bassem W ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; bearing surfaces; crystallinity; polyethylene (UHMWPE); radiation

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR LINERS; ARTHROPLASTIES; BEARING SURFACES; CROSSLINKED; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMORAL HEADS; IN-VIVO; JOINT IMPLANTS; LONG TERM; MELTING PROCESS; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; POSTIRRADIATION; RADIATION CROSS-LINKING; RADIATION-INDUCED; RESIDUAL FREE RADICALS; THERMAL TREATMENT; THERMAL-ANNEALING; UHMW-PE; VITAMIN-E;

ANNEALING; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); FREE RADICALS; MELTING POINT; ORTHOPEDICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIATION; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FREE RADICAL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MELTING POINT; PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FREE RADICALS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 79952424074     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31799     Document Type: Article

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