Tradeoffs amongst fatigue, wear, and oxidation resistance of cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1033-1045

  Atwood, Sara A ^a   Van Citters, Douglas W ^b   Patten, Eli W ^a   Furmanski, Jevan ^a   Ries, Michael D ^c   Pruitt, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Microstructure; Oxidation; Polyethylene (UHMWPE); Wear

Indexed keywords

ANNEALED MATERIALS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION RESISTANCE; FATIGUE PERFORMANCE; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; ULTRA-HIGH; WEAR PERFORMANCE;

ANNEALING; CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FREE RADICALS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MATERIALS; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

FREE RADICAL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MELTING POINT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960557217     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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