Changes in physicochemical and mechanical properties of electron-beam irradiated polypropylene syringes as a function of irradiation dose

 
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2007 (EN)

Changes in physicochemical and mechanical properties of electron-beam irradiated polypropylene syringes as a function of irradiation dose (EN)

Fintzou, A. T. (EN)

Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Θετικών Επιστημών. Τμήμα Χημείας (EL)
Fintzou, A. T. (EN)

In the present study, the effect of electron-beam irradiation on physicochemical and mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP) syringes was studied. Three irradiation doses (30, 60 and 120 kGy) were applied to all samples. Non-irradiated PP syringes were used as control samples. Electron-beam irradiation caused an increase in the degree of yellowness and in the extractable radiolysis products. A decrease in compression strength and extension at break was the result of electron-beam irradiation on mechanical properties of PP syringes. Minor differences were observed in FTIR spectra, mainly in the region of 1720 cm(-1), corresponding to the absorption of carbonyl compounds. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis indicated the formation of a number of radiolysis compounds while a number of compounds initially present in non-irradiated syringes were destroyed by the irradiation. The degradation on polymer properties caused by electron-beam irradiation was less severe than that caused by gamma irradiation. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (EN)

pp syringes (EN)


Radiation Physics and Chemistry (EN)

English

2007


Elsevier (EN)




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