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Title: Analysis of degradation in UHMWPE acomparative study among the various commercialand laboratory grades UHMWPE
Authors: Azam, A. M.
Ali, A.
Khan, H.
Yasin, T.
Mehmood, M. S.
Keywords: Natural Science
UHMWPE
comparative study
commercial and laboratory grades
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2016
Publisher: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract: Oxidative degradation of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) limits the life of implants. This degradation can be monitored to estimate the service life of UHMWPE following the standard protocols as defined by American Standards for Testing Materials (ASTM). In this work, a comparative study has been carried on two commercially available UHMWPE grades i.e. GUR 1020 and GUR 1050 and one laboratory grade UHMWPE which was purchased from Sigma Aldrich. These powder samples were pressed while using hot press with controlled heating and cooling setup in open air under 200 bar of external pressure. These sheets were then subjected to accelerated aging in an oven at 80 °C for three weeks. The degradation of the UHMWPE was monitored by ATR-FTIR techniqueforthree weeks. The oxidation index (OI) measurement showed that the commercial grade UHMWPE i.e. GUR-1020 and GUR-1050 degrade more as compared to laboratory grade UHMWPE. The values of OI after three weeks of accelerating aging were found 0.18, 0.14, and 0.09 for GUR-1020, GUR-1050, and Sigma Aldrich, respectively. In addition to this, it was found that commercial grades of UHMWPE suffer more structural alterations as compared to laboratory grade one. We hope that these results will be of particular and fundamentalimportance for the researchers and orthopaedic industry.
URI: http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/1996
ISSN: 146 012025
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