ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The effect of both gamma ray and electron beam irradiations on three rubber gloves are compared in relation to sterilization. Two of these gloves are sulfur vulcanized and the other is radiation vulcanized. It was found that the radiation-vulcanized rubber gloves could be used, even at 25 kGy, the sterilization dose used. For all three gloves, it was found that the tensile strength and elongation at break are not significantly affected after irradiation in either gamma rays or electron beam or during storage. The tear strengths, however, decrease with increasing dose and storage, and it was found that degradation was higher in gamma rays than electron beam. The chemiluminescence data show that the rate of degradation is the highest in latex film followed by radiation-vulcanized and sulfur-vulcanized gloves.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1990.070400516
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