Bipolar charge measurement of pharmaceutical powders

Powder Technology

Volumn 135-136, Issue , 2003, Pages 156-163

  Balachandran, W ^a   Kulon, J ^a,c   Koolpiruck, D ^a   Dawson, M ^b   Burnel, P ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bipolar charge measurement; Computational fluid dynamics; Pharmaceutical powders

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEPOSITION; DISPENSERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

BIPOLAR CHARGE FRACTIONS;

POWDERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLOW FIELD; GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; PARTICLE DEPOSITION VELOCITY; PARTICLE SEPARATION; POWDER;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRY POWDER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; FLOW KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242288893     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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