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bulk erosion: a standalone construct

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Tissue engineering and biomaterials

degradation throughout a polymer implant because water enters faster than bonds break, so mass is lost from the inside.

In tissue engineering and biomaterials, bulk erosion refers to degradation throughout a polymer implant because water enters faster than bonds break, so mass is lost from the inside. This meaning comes from Göpferich (1996) in Biomaterials.[1]

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References

Göpferich, A. (1996). Mechanisms of polymer degradation and erosion. Biomaterials, 17(2), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/0142-9612(96)85755-3

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