Water mobility in amorphous lactose below and close to the glass transition temperature

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 141-146

  Buckton, Graham ^a   Darcy, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Amorphous; Diffusion; Glass; Gravimetric studies; Isothermal microcalorimetry; Lactose; Stability; Water

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0030012475     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(96)04503-6     Document Type: Article

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