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by 542458 4291 days ago
> Bone cement chemically is nothing more than Plexiglas (i.e. polymethyl methacrylate or PMMA).

Wow! I wonder if it's a special formulation - acrylic glass is really bad at chemical resistance (pretty much any organic solvent will damage it) and shatters pretty easily.

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In one of the linked articles in the discussion it says the printed skull is made of PMMA. They must do something to it to make it last.

Edit: found it http://www.anatomics.com/products/cranial-implants/acrylic/