The comparison of seven different methods to quantify the amorphous content of spray dried lactose

Powder Technology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Lehto, Vesa Pekka ^a   Tenho, Mikko ^a,e   Vähä Heikkilä, Kalle ^a   Harjunen, Päivi ^b   Päällysaho, Maarit ^c   Välisaari, Jouni ^d   Niemelä, Pentti ^c   Järvinen, Kristiina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Optoelectronics   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amorphicity; Calorimetric methods; Lactose; Moisture sorption; Recrystallization; Spectroscopic methods; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

AMORPHICITY; LACTOSE; MOISTURE SORPTION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

LACTOSE;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAVIMETRY; HYDRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROCALORIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPRAY DRYING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33748149117     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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