Post-irradiation aging of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 76 (7) , 1052-1056
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199407000-00014
Abstract
A study was performed to determine the time-course of oxidative degradation and the extent to which the degradation proceeded through the bulk of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene joint components that had been irradiated and stored on a shelf. Standardized cylindrical samples, takenKeywords
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