Design of a fluid energy single vessel powder processor for pharmaceutical use

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Kay, Graham R ^a   Staniforth, John N ^a   Tobyn, Michael J ^a   Horrill, Michael D ^a   Newnes, Linda B ^b   MacGregor, Stuart A ^b   Li, Ming ^b   Atherton, Gerald ^b   Lamming, Richard C ^c   Hajee, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment design; Granulation; Particle size reduction; Powder mixing; Single vessel processing

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRY POWDER; DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET MANUFACTURE;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; LACTOSE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; TABLETS;

EID: 3543061524     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(99)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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