Researchers from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology presented the characterization of Reference Material No. 8456 in Poster No. 472 at the Society for Biomaterials:

F. C. Eichmiller, J. Tesk, C. M. Croarkin, "Mechanical Properties of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene NIST Reference Material #8456"

The certificate of analysis for the UHMWPE reference material can now be viewed as an image file or downloaded in PDF format from the NIST Website.

For more information about Reference UHMWPE, please contact:

Joylene W. L. (Joy) Thomas
SRM Coordinator, Physical Properties SRMs
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Standard Reference Materials Program
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2321
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2321
phone: 301-975-5542
fax: 301-926-4751
email: joylene.thomas@nist.gov

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