[Sorption of ethylene oxide by plastic foils].
1969
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D010969
Plastics
Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Plastic
D011095
Polyethylenes
Synthetic thermoplastics that are tough, flexible, inert, and resistant to chemicals and electrical current. They are often used as biocompatible materials for prostheses and implants.
The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.
D000327
Adsorption
The adhesion of gases, liquids, or dissolved solids onto a surface. It includes adsorptive phenomena of bacteria and viruses onto surfaces as well. ABSORPTION into the substance may follow but not necessarily.
Adsorptions
D013242
Sterilization
The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means.