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Effect of Calcification on The Fatigue Behavior of Fluorinated Polyurethanes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
The present study compares the fatigue propagation behavior of a fluorinated and nonfluorinated polyurethane-calcium salt blends. The calcium salts used in this study are calcium chloride and hydroxyapatite (HAP). The fatigue crack propagation (FCP) behavior of the polyurethanes exhibited a dependence on the chemical composition of the polymer and calcium salt. The pure non-fluorinated PTMG2000 did no undergo crack propagation. While the fluorinated PTMG2003F exhibit a crack propagation rate of 7.8 × 10-6 m/cycle at constant strain amplitude and tearing energy range. The incorporation of calcium chloride into PTMG2000 did not promote any changes in the FCP behavior; while the addition of HAP produced cracks with a growth rate of 3.33 × 10-6 m/cycle. In the case of PTMG2003F, the addition of calcium chloride did not lead to formation of cracks; while HAP produced a material in which cracks propagated at a rate of 10.0 × 10-6 m/cycle. The difference in the response the non-fluorinated and fluorinated polyurethane-calcium salt blends to cyclic loading can be attributed to molecular level variations such as domains disruption and changes in chain orientation at the crack tip.
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