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Mechanical and thermal behaviour of an acrylic bone cement modified with a triblock copolymer

E. Paz, J. Abenojar, Y. Ballesteros, F. Forriol Campos, N. Dunne, J.C. del Real-Romero

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Vol. 27, nº. 4, pp. 72-1 - 72-10

Resumen:

The basic formulation of an acrylic bone cement has been modified by the addition of a block copolymer, Nanostrength® (NS), in order to augment the mechanical properties and particularly the fracture toughness of the bone cement. Two grades of NS at different levels of loading, between 1 and 10 wt.%, have been used. Mechanical tests were conducted to study the behaviour of the modified cements; specific tests measured the bend, compression and fracture toughness properties. The failure mode of the fracture test specimens was analysed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effect of NS addition on the thermal properties was also determined, and the polymerisation reaction using differential scanning calorimetry. It was observed that the addition of NS produced an improvement in the fracture toughness and ductility of the cement, which could have a positive contribution by reducing the premature fracture of the cement mantle. The residual monomer content was reduced when the NS was added. However this also produced an increase in the maximum temperature and the heat delivered during the polymerisation of the cement.


Índice de impacto JCR y cuartil WoS: 2,325 - Q2 (2016); 4,200 - Q2 (2023)

Referencia DOI: DOI icon https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-016-5679-4

Publicado en papel: Abril 2016.

Publicado on-line: Febrero 2016.



Cita:
E. Paz, J. Abenojar, Y. Ballesteros, F. Forriol Campos, N. Dunne, J.C. del Real-Romero, Mechanical and thermal behaviour of an acrylic bone cement modified with a triblock copolymer. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. Vol. 27, nº. 4, pp. 72-1 - 72-10, Abril 2016. [Online: Febrero 2016]


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