A new approach for determination of powder wettability

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Pepin, X ^a,b   Blanchon, S ^a   Couarraze, G ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Perimeter; Powder; Rough surface; Wettability; Wilhelmy contact angle

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; STARCH; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0031008090     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(97)04868-0     Document Type: Article

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