TABLE II.

Summary of the measurement data obtained for the bone cements using the instrument. The variance in the data represents one standard deviation.

Palacos R
Compliance
(μm/N)	DCa (%)	PSa (MPa)	PPEb (°C)	tSETc (min)
0.33	77.1 ± 1.3	1.513 ± 0.087	3.75 ± 0.21	11.56 ± 0.86
0.79	77.3 ± 2.6	1.155 ± 0.056	3.17 ± 0.13	10.39 ± 0.99
4.21	80.4 ± 3.7	0.446 ± 0.038	2.41 ± 0.53	12.62 ± 0.43
12.27	78.2 ± 2.3	0.250 ± 0.030	2.33 ± 0.47	13.42 ± 0.49
26.96	78.0 ± 3.1	0.176 ± 0.020	3.23 ± 0.76	11.47 ± 0.91
50.27	76.7 ± 3.4	0.111 ± 0.009	3.30 ± 0.27	12.05 ± 0.40
84.18	78.0 ± 0.7	0.081 ± 0.003	2.96 ± 0.47	10.31 ± 1.30
Palacos LV
Compliance
(μm/N)	DCa (%)	PSa (MPa)	PPEb (°C)	tSETc (min)
0.33	78.4 ± 3.5	1.314 ± 0.023	2.30 ± 0.4	15.50 ± 0.42
0.79	80.2 ± 0.8	1.145 ± 0.032	2.60 ± 0.2	13.50 ± 0.16
4.21	81.2 ± 3.6	0.440 ± 0.025	3.00 ± 1.03	14.44 ± 1.95
12.27	83.5 ± 2.8	0.231 ± 0.020	3.46 ± 0.39	13.96 ± 1.60
26.96	80.6 ± 3.0	0.146 ± 0.008	2.57 ± 0.75	12.85 ± 3.61
50.27	82.0 ± 2.7	0.125 ± 0.008	3.10 ± 0.78	14.74 ± 0.77
84.18	80.1 ± 1.4	0.078 ± 0.008	3.15 ± 0.37	15.13 ± 0.46

^aValues at the end of 1 h of the measurement.

^bPPE—Peak of the PE.

^ct_SET—Setting time, time taken to reach half of the PPE.