title: [The influence of irradiation into the wear behaviour of polyethylene (author's transl)].
abstract: Irradiated specimens of UHMW-PE have been tested by a "Pin-on-disc"-method against a metal pin. Increasing irradiation doses are leading to obviously increasing wear-rates. Irradiation in presence of nitrogen gives no advantage in comparison to normal air as an crosslinking agents, concerning tribological properties.
mesh_terms: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D011095:Polyethylenes / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D011095:Polyethylenes
vernacular_title: Der Einfluss der Strahlensterilisation auf das Verschleissverhalten von Polyäthylen.