Automated in-line technique using FBRM to achieve consistent product quality in cooling crystallization

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1416-1422

  Chew, Jia Wei ^a   Chow, Pui Shan ^a   Tan, Reginald B H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 34548166834     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg060822t     Document Type: Article

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