The use of Stokes deformation number as a predictive tool for material exchange behaviour of granules in the 'equilibrium phase' in high shear granulation

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Bouwman, A M ^a   Visser, M R ^a   Meesters, G M H ^b   Frijlink, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Applied Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equilibrium phase; Growth regime map; High shear granulation; Material exchange; Stokes' deformation number

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRIN; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; TRACER; WATER;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DRUG GRANULATION; MASS; MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; STOKES DEFORMATION NUMBER; TIME; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; FORECASTING; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDERS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33745488845     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2006.03.038     Document Type: Article

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