Wear behaviour of the pair Ti-6Al-4V-UHMWPE of acrylic bone cements containing different radiopaque agents

  • J. M. Manero*
  • , F. J. Gil
  • , M. P. Ginebra
  • , J. A. Planell
  • , A. Artola
  • , I. Goñi
  • , M. Gurruchaga
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to improve the wear behaviour of acrylic bone cements by substituting the conventional inorganic radiopaque agents (BaSO4, ZrO2) for different iodinated radiopaque monomers which can co-polymerize with the methyl methacrylate monomer, MMA. To this aim, the wear behaviour of the pair Ti-6Al-4V-UHMWPE (ultra high molecular weight polyethylene) was studied in the absence and in the presence of cement particles (the third body).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-319
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Biomaterials Applications
Volume18
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acrylic bone cements
  • Pin on disc
  • Radiopaque agents
  • Wear properties

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