Monitoring film coating with surface profilometry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 48-56

  Podczeck, Fridrun ^c   Brown, Steve ^a,b   Newton, J Michael ^c  

^a Pfizer Ltd

^b Colorcon Inc ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DRUG COATING; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FILM COATING; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET SURFACE;

EID: 0032963977     PISSN: 01478087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. R.C. Rowe, "The Effect of the Particle Size of an Inert Additive on the Surface Roughness of a Film-Coated Tablet," J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 33, 1-4 (1981).
3. British Standard 1134, "Method for the Assessment of Surface Texture" (British Standard Institution, London, 1972).
4. A.M. Healy, O.I. Corrigan, and J.E.M. Allan, "The Effect of Dissolution on the Surface Texture of Model Solid-Dosage Forms as Assessed by Non-Contact Laser Profilometry," Pharm. Technol. Europe 7 (8), 14-22 (1995).
5. F. Podczeck, Particle-Particle Adhesion in Pharmaceutical Powder Handling (Imperial College Press, London, 1998), pp. 16-29.