Strength of polymethylmethacrylate increased by vacuum mixing
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 55 (5), 536-541
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678408992954
Abstract
The mechanical strength of high and low viscosity gentamicin-containing cement was analysed using three different mixing procedures: hand, vibration, and vacuum stirring. Vacuum mixing improved the flexural and compression strength and the modulus of elasticity by 15–30 per cent, especially for high viscosity cement.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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