Microwave drying of pharmaceutical powders

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 90-96

  McLoughlin, C M ^a   McMinn, W A M ^a   Magee, T R A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dielectric loss factor; Drying curves; Moisture content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041684311     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030800532798     Document Type: Article

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