Research Article

Rheological and Curing Behavior of a Newly Developed, Medium Viscous Acrylic Bone Cement

Table 1

Averaged time periods from the performed transition until a cement viscosity of 2000 Pa*s was reached, corresponding time period without temperature switch applied, and resulting reduction in percentage using the Vertecem V+ cement.

*Cement viscosity where the referred time period start/Pa*sTime period to reach 2000 Pa*s after * at 23°CTime period to reach 2000 Pa*s after shift to 37°C at *Reduction on average in % of the time periods from 23°C curve
M e a n ± S D /min M e a n ± S D /min

120 2 5 . 8 ± 2 . 3 6 . 7 ± 2 . 0 74
360 1 5 . 9 ± 2 . 0 4 . 8 ± 1 . 3 70
600 1 0 . 3 ± 1 . 8 3 . 9 ± 0 . 3 62
1200 4 . 2 ± 1 . 5 2 . 4 ± 0 . 5 43