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Gamma radiation treated material

US5540876A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1995
Grant dateJul 30, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/10
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Materials and items made of thermoplastic polyesters, such as poly (epsilon-caprolactone), synthetic rubber, such as Transpolyisoprene and Neoprene, and natural rubber, such as balata have improved properties when subjected to gamma radiation in the range from 0.5 to 30 megarads.

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