Compendium of Highly Crosslinked and Thermally Treated UHMWPEs

The UHMWPE Handbook: Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Total Joint Replacement

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 337-361

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DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; POLYETHYLENES; YIELD STRESS;

ACETABULAR COMPONENTS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRON BEAM RADIATION; GENERAL HOSPITALS; MELT TEMPERATURE; MELT TRANSITION; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84941889337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012429851-4/50016-4     Document Type: Chapter

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