V-blender segregation patterns for free-flowing materials: Effects of blender capacity and fill level

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Alexander, Albert ^a   Shinbrot, Troy ^b   Johnson, Barbara ^c   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Scale up; Segregation; Tumbling blenders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0346787776     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(03)00296-5     Document Type: Article

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