## Abstract The effect of varying the initial temperature of the components of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cement has been investigated. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was used to monitor free radical decay during the curing of the cement. Samples cured in saline at 37
Free radical decay kinetics in PMMA bone cement
โ Scribed by Turner, R. C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9304
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โฆ Synopsis
Electron-spin resonance has been used to measure the decay of the concentration of polymerization radicals in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement and the kinetics of the decay determined. Thermal annealing at various temperatures has shown that the logarithm of the concentration of radicals vanes linearly with time, but with a nonzero intercept. These results have been analyzed by including both first-and second-order decay processes. The first-order process has an activation energy of 39 e 2 kcaVmol and is probably due to a diffusion-limited termination. The second-order process has an activation energy of 36 -C 5 kcaVmol and is probably due to bimolecular termination.
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