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Table 1 Chemical composition of Simplex P bone cement

From: A simple method to improve the antibiotic elution profiles from polymethylmethacrylate bone cement spacers by using rapid absorbable sutures

40 g of powder

Poly (methymethacrylate)

15%

Poly (methylacrylate-styrene)

73.5%

Barium sulfate

10%

Benzyl peroxide

1.5%

20mL of liquid (19 g)

Methy methacrylate

97.45%

N,N-Dimethyl-p-toluidine

2.55%

Hydroquinone

80ppm

  1. The Simplex P bone cement consists of 40 g of power and 19 g of fluid. All values are given as wt/wt
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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