The effects of substrate size, surface area, and density on coat thickness of multi-particulate dosage forms

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-96

  Heinicke, Grant ^a   Matthews, Frank ^b   Schwartz, Joseph B ^c  

^a Formulation Development   (United States)

^b Technical Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coat thickness; Density; Fluid bed; Image analysis; Multi particulate; Particle size distribution; Pellet; Rotor granulation; Surface area; Wurster coating

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DRUG COATING; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPARTICULATE DOSAGE FORM; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DOSAGE FORMS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS, ENTERIC-COATED;

EID: 14644440901     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PDT-200049670     Document Type: Article

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