Computer simulation of wet granulation

Powder Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-75

  Talu, Ilkay ^a   Tardos, Gabriel I ^a   Khan, M Irfan ^a  

^a City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine powders; Granulation; Simulation; Size enlargement

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; GRANULATION; POWDER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG GRANULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034194149     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00268-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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