RADIATION STERILIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES - EFFECTS OF IONIZING-RADIATION ON ULTRA-HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE

Authors
BUCHALLA R SCHUTTLER C BOGL KW
Citation
R. Buchalla et al., RADIATION STERILIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES - EFFECTS OF IONIZING-RADIATION ON ULTRA-HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE, Radiation physics and chemistry, 46(4-6), 1995, pp. 579-585
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Radiation physics and chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0969806X
Volume
46
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
579 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-806X(1995)46:4-6<579:RSOMD->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Sterilization by ionizing radiation has become, next to ethylene oxide treatment, the most important ''cold'' sterilization process for medi cal devices made from plastics. The effects of ionizing radiation on t he most important polymer for medical devices, ultra-high molecular-we ight polyethylene, are briefly described in this review.