The potential of high speed DSC (Hyper-DSC) for the detection and quantification of small amounts of amorphous content in predominantly crystalline samples

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Saunders, Mark ^a   Podluii, Kalyan ^a   Shergill, Sukhraj ^b   Buckton, Graham ^a   Royall, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous content; Crystalline samples; High sensitivity DSC; Lactose; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAY DRYING;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; LACTOSE; POWDERS; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 1842557588     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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