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Medical plastics : degradation resistance & failure analysis /
The introductory chapter gives an overview of the medical applications of plastics and the specific performance requirements they need to meet. The following chapters discuss various degrading environments and their effects, including environmental stress cracking, effect of body liquids, effect of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores Corporativos: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Brookfield, Conn.] : Norwich, N.Y. :
Society of Plastics Engineers ; Plastics Design Library,
�1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The introductory chapter gives an overview of the medical applications of plastics and the specific performance requirements they need to meet. The following chapters discuss various degrading environments and their effects, including environmental stress cracking, effect of body liquids, effect of harsh environments, and various methods of sterilization. The book also discusses the failure of medical devices due to contamination, low temperature, the effects of UV light, migration of formulation components, mechanical stresses, and problems with design and fabrication. Case histories of failures of some common products used in medicine are also provided. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (iv, 214 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1591241235 9781591241232 9781884207600 188420760X 9780080950433 0080950434 9780815518242 0815518242 |