PEEK, polyether ether ketone, is a beige semicrystalline thermoplastic that keeps its mechanical strength and chemical resistance at high temperatures and resists thermal degradation and biodegradation. Imperial Chemical Industries invented it in November 1978 and brought it to market in the early 1980s; its PEEK division was later spun out through a management buyout into Victrex PLC. It is machined into bearings, pistons and pumps, used for aerospace and automotive components, chosen for spinal-fusion and other medical implants because it is biocompatible and radiolucent on X-rays, and increasingly printed as a high-performance 3D-printing filament. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Primary UseSourced to the subject's own accountBearings, pistons and pumps; aerospace and automotive components; medical implants such as spinal fusion devices; high-performance 3D-printing filament. 1 Origin YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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PEEK is widely used in biomedical engineering for spinal fusion cages and orthopedic implants, a second field beyond its primary chemical-engineering field.
PEEK is a high-performance thermoplastic commonly processed by injection molding.
PEEK is a high-performance thermoplastic
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PEEK is a semicrystalline thermoplastic with excellent mechanical and chemical resistance properties that are retained to high temperatures.
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PEEK, polyether ether ketone, is a beige semicrystalline thermoplastic that keeps its mechanical strength and chemical resistance at high temperatures and resists thermal degradation and biodegradation.
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