Introduction Recent studies have shown that sequential irradiation/annealing processes improves the wear performance and oxidation resistance of crosslinked polyethylene, while maintaining mechanical properties [1,2]. Although these early results showed great promise for mechanically enhanced XLPE, we still know little about the variables that can lead to high-wear, particularly surface roughne...

Substantially reducing the rate of generation of wear particles at the surfaces of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) orthopedic implant bearing components, in vivo, is widely regarded as one of the most formidable challenges in modern arthroplasty. In the light of this, much research attention has been paid to the myriad of endogenous and exogenous factors that have been postula...

For the manufacture of frost-resistant oil and petrol-resistant rubber products, one most widely used rubbers is nitrile-butadiene (NBR) with a low acrylonitrile content 17–20 %. However, technical properties its vulcanizates do not always meet all high performance requirements. Therefore, study possibility improving characteristics based on NBR an urgent task. This paper presents results study...

In this paper, the biomedical grade Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) has been soaked at different temperatures in Simulated Synovial Fluid (SSF); diffusion coefficient, hardness, roughness and wettability evaluated. Then, 37°C (body temperature) soaked-polyethylene sample was aged 80°C monitored by InfraRed spectroscopy (oxidation trackers) GPC (for molar mass changes) to obser...