In all acrylic bone cement formulations in clinical use today, radiopacity is provided by micron-sized particles (typical mean diameter of between about 1 and 2 microm) of either BaSO(4) or ZrO(2). However, a number of research reports have highlighted the fact that these particles have deleterious
The effect of adding 10% of barium sulphate radiopacifier on the mechanical behaviour of acrylic bone cement
β Scribed by M. BALEANI; M. VICECONTI
- Book ID
- 109015644
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 464 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8756-758X
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