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The wear rates of accelerated aged 0.1 and 0.3 wt% α-tocopherol-blended UHMWPE. Accelerated aging was done at 80 °C for 5 weeks in air. For comparison, 127-kGy irradiated and α-tocopherol-diffused UHMWPE [6], 38-kGy sterilized and 100-kGy irradiated and melted GUR 1050 [14] are also included. Accelerated aging for the 38 and 100-kGy irradiated samples taken from Muratoglu et al. [14] were done at 80 °C for 3 weeks in air.
