Monitoring tablet surface roughness during the film coating process

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Seitavuopio, Paulus ^a   Heinämäki, Jyrki ^a   Rantanen, Jukka ^a   Yliruusi, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy dispersive X ray (EDX); Laser profilometer; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Surface roughness; Tablet coating

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; POLYMER; THEOPHYLLINE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; BIOMATERIAL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLCELLULOSE; STEARIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM COATING; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; PROCESS MONITORING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET SURFACE; THICKNESS; TIME; X RAY ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG FORMULATION; EVALUATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; TABLET;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHYLCELLULOSE; STEARIC ACIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS; TITANIUM;

EID: 33645817892     PISSN: 15309932     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/pt070231     Document Type: Article

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