Post electron-beam irradiation oxidation of orthopaedic Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) stabilized with vitamin E

2009 ◽  
Vol 94 (9) ◽  
pp. 1542-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Costa ◽  
I. Carpentieri ◽  
P. Bracco
2014 ◽  
Vol 131 (19) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Antonio Puértolas ◽  
Maria Jose Martínez-Morlanes ◽  
Roberto Teruel ◽  
Alfonso Martinez-Felipe ◽  
Ebru Oral ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1357-1377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongliang Dai ◽  
Meiwu Shi

This study introduced trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate into ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers through supercritical CO2 pretreatment before the fibers were irradiated under an electron beam. Significant differences, emerging in the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers’ gel content, mechanical properties, and creep property according to their different irradiation doses, were studied through one-way analysis of variance. Regression equations were established between the irradiation dose and the gel content, breaking strength, elongation at break, and creep rate by regression analysis. A reasonable irradiation dosage range was determined after a verification experiment and the impact trends were analyzed; additionally, the sensitized irradiation crosslinking mechanism of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers was preliminarily examined. Then the surface morphology, chemical structures, thermal properties, and crystal properties of treated ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers were measured. The results showed that as the irradiation dose increased, the gel content first rose and then declined; the breaking strength decreased continuously; the elongation at break increased at first and then decreased; and the creep rate originally fell and then rose before finally declining slowly. Electron beam irradiation had a significant etching effect on the fibers’ surface, and both the melting point and crystallinity decreased slightly.


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