B. Pascual et al., MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF A MODIFIED ACRYLIC BONE-CEMENT WITH ETOXYTRIETHYLENEGLYCOL MONOMETHACRYLATE, Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 6(12), 1995, pp. 793-798
With the aim of improving some of the disadvantages of the acrylic bon
e cements, an acrylic bone cement based on polymethyl methacrylate has
been modified by substituting different quantities, up to 20%, of the
monomer methyl methacrylate (MMA) with the same amount of ethoxytriet
hyleneglycol monomethacrylate (TEG). The addition of this new monomer
decreased noticeably the maximum temperature and increased both settin
g and working times. Mechanical testing revealed that the introduction
of TEG gave rise to a less fragile bone cement by increasing slightly
the total deformation without any change in the rest of the tensile p
arameters.