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AOX™ Antioxidant Polyethylene
AOX™ Antioxidant Polyethylene
AOX™ Polyethylene features a patented antioxidant, COVERNOX™ Antioxidant, which combines with post irradiation free radicals to stabilize them. Once implanted, the COVERNOX™ Antioxidant which has bonded with free radicals, designed to prevent oxidation to potentially maintain mechanical integrity and oxidative stability.
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AOX™ Polyethylene features a patented antioxidant, COVERNOX™ Antioxidant, which combines with post irradiation free radicals to stabilize them. Once implanted, the COVERNOX™ Antioxidant which has bonded with free radicals, designed to prevent oxidation to potentially maintain mechanical integrity and oxidative stability.
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Features & Benefits
Oxidative Stability
The polyethylene resin is blended with an antioxidant (COVERNOX Antioxidant). The antioxidant stabilizes free radicals preventing them from oxidizing.
Wear Resistance
The polyethylene resin/COVERNOX Antioxidant mix is exposed to a level of irradiation (8 Mrads) to stimulate a moderate amount of cross-linking while delivering optimum wear characteristics without compromising mechanical integrity.
Mechanical integrity
AOX Polyethylene maintains high material strength and toughness characteristics by utilizing GUR 1020 resin, with its better inherent mechanical properties, than GUR 1050.1 The addition of an antioxidant into the material eliminates the need for re-melting or annealing, and therefore it maintains excellent mechanical properties.2
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