Ultrafine grinding using a fluidized bed opposed jet mill: Effects of feed load and rotational speed of classifier wheel on particle shape

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 939-947

  Chan, L W ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Heng, P W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Classifier wheel; Feed load; Fluidized bed opposed jet mill; Micronization; Shape descriptors

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; FLUIDIZED BED; GRINDING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PROCESS MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LACTOSE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 0036384628     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DDC-120006426     Document Type: Article

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