The bulk volume changes of powders by granulation and compression with respect to capsule filling

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Podczeck, Fridrun ^a   Lee Amies, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk volume; Capsule filling; Carr's compressibility index; Kawakita constant; Wet granulation

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; LACTOSE; MANNITOL; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG GRANULATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030604047     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(96)04662-5     Document Type: Article

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