The influence of electron beam irradiation conducted in air on the thermal, chemical, structural and surface properties of medical grade polyurethane

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1782-1795

  Murray, Kieran A ^a   Kennedy, James E ^a   McEvoy, Brian ^b   Vrain, Olivier ^b   Ryan, Damien ^b   Cowman, Richard ^b   Higginbotham, Clement L ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^b Synergy Health Applied Sterilisation Technologies   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chain branching crosslinking; Chain scission; Electron beam irradiation; Polyurethane; Surface, structural and thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CHAIN BRANCHING; CHAIN SCISSION; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DEGREE OF CROSS-LINKING; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; IRRADIATED MATERIALS; IRRADIATION RESISTANCE; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CONTACT ANGLE; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

RADIATION;

EID: 84878789824     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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