The relation between granule size, granule stickiness, and torque in the high-shear granulation process

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-275

  Bouwman, A M ^a   Henstra, M J ^a   Hegge, J J M E ^a   Zhang, Z ^b   Ingram, A ^b   Seville, J P K ^b   Frijlink, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic plastic deformation; Granule size; Stickiness; Torque; Wet granulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIGH SHEAR GRANULATION; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POWDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SHEAR RATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TORQUE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 16844372214     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-004-1194-2     Document Type: Article

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