Analysis of the Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Polymethyl Methacrylate Bone Cement’s Characteristics and <i>In Vitro</i> Bioactivity to Prolong Its Functionality in Orthopedic Application

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Bone cement samples</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Setting time %↑</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">Contact angle %↓</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Initial</td><td class="align_center">Final</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BC1</td><td class="align_center">0.82<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">0.49<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">1.25↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BC2</td><td class="align_center">1.32<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">0.98<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">2.95↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BC3</td><td class="align_center">2.47<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">2.12<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">5.85↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BC4</td><td class="align_center">2.97<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">2.94<b>↑</b></td><td class="align_center">7.45↓</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Percentage variation in setting time and contact angle.</div>

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Table 3: Analysis of the Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Polymethyl Methacrylate Bone Cement’s Characteristics and <i>In Vitro</i> Bioactivity to Prolong Its Functionality in Orthopedic Application 

Table 3 | Analysis of the Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Polymethyl Methacrylate Bone Cement’s Characteristics and In Vitro Bioactivity to Prolong Its Functionality in Orthopedic Application 