An apparatus to measure polymer swelling under load

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Bell, Cristi L ^a   Peppas, Nikolaos A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poly(acrylic acid); Relaxation; Swelling; Swelling force; Swelling under load

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DENSITY; FORCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029930770     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04418-3     Document Type: Article

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